Word: ran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...council members sat down to address an unusually short and mundane agenda, tempers ran short. "They always get a little edgy on the night before the election." Council Secretary Susan Cruickshank said before the meeting...
...though, it didn't show. As time ran down in both overtimes, the Philadelphia native squelched a flurry of penalty corners, leaving the game in a scoreless tie for the second straight year...
...Rangers, however, ran into unexpectedly heavy antiaircraft fire as their choppers approached Point Salines. Much of the flak came from the barracks area where Cuban workers building the airstrip were housed. The Pentagon had expected to find about 500 Cubans on the island, including 350 workers and a small military advisory group. Instead, they were facing more than 600 wellarmed, professionally trained soldiers...
Moving from Point Salines, the Rangers pushed toward the nearby True Blue campus. At 8:30 a.m., students heard and saw soldiers near the men's dorm. One Ranger ran across the runway and shouted, "We're Americans. You are all right." The soldiers warned the students to stay away from windows, but to collect a few belongings and gather in the adjacent lecture hall. There an officer told them, "We are the U.S. armed forces and we are here to get you out if you want to go." Students applauded with joy and relief...
...narrow loss to the Los Angeles Raiders. A quarterback controversy on a nearly undefeated team must say something about the appetite of the local fans. But there have also been unattractive reports of Cowboy players animatedly getting their hopes up when White stumbles in practice. Against the Raiders, White ran with the ball, threw it, caught it and, when the regular punter was injured, kicked it. Considering the variety of services he provides, White has a right to feel unappreciated, though Tom Landry has been supportive...