Word: reclaimer
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Sacrificing the opportunity to reclaim their title should not disturb the batswomen, who are planning to make a run for the red Ivy League championship this season. At the tournament last year, the Crimson finished an overall fourth behind Yale, Brown and Penn, the only varsity softball squads in the Ivies at the time...
...space shuttle is the U.S.'s launching pad into a new era of space research and manufacturing," says President Karl Harr Jr. of the Aerospace Industries Association. As such, it could help the nation reclaim the leadership in manned spaceflight that it has never relinquished in unmanned explorations, such as those of Venus, Saturn and Jupiter. Says NASA Engineer Robert Gray, mindful of the Soviet advances in recent years: "The shuttle is revolutionary. We'll catch up fast...
...June soon after admitting to immigration officials that he had a record of four convictions in his homeland (two suitcase thefts that he maintained were necessary "to clothe my family," attempted burglary and a prison escape). Rodriguez was waiting at Leavenworth while Washington tried to persuade Havana to reclaim him and about 1,800 other "undesirables." So far, the Cuban government has demurred. Since Rodriguez was never officially admitted to the U.S., he is considered to be technically "waiting at the border" and thus is not safeguarded by the Constitution-as even illegal aliens...
Miller also provides some insight into the depth of Johnson's dislike for Robert Kennedy. Johnson, according to several interviews, was madly jealous of the younger Kennedy, always fearing that he was plotting to reclaim his assassinated brother's title. According to aide John Roche, Johnson's envy knew no bounds, and he recalls that Johnson never forgave his favorite aide Bill Moyers for being photographed dining with Kennedy the day after he resigned as Johnson's press secretary...
...supposed to be Muhammad All's last hurrah, a final comeback to reclaim, at age 38, the heavyweight championship title he had won an unprecedented three separate times over two decades. It was, instead, a sad farewell. Too old, too slow, too punched-out, Ali was pummeled by Defending Champion Larry Holmes for ten long, painful rounds. Finally, Ali sat slumped on his stool in the corner while his handlers told the referee that he would not answer the bell for the eleventh round...