Word: robs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second period was just the opposite of the first. The freshmen skaters came out smokin' and quickly converted a Penn Hulburd penalty into a power-play goal by Rob Kelly, assisted by linemates Charlie Maneikis and Paul Mangano...
...left to the parliamentary right, declared their unwillingness to cooperate, and some more, some less actively, opposed the fascist regime. Only a handful of financial and industrial oligarchs with close ties to international capital (e.g. industrialist Tom Pappas; shipping magnates) collaborated because they sensed their golden opportunity to rob the Greek people and state with impunity. They are now being investigated and prosecuted, along with the leaders of the junta, for their scandalous swindles during these years...
Terrell, who received three stitches in his head, said his assailant did not try to rob him. "He just stepped back and when I screamed, he ran," he said...
...feasible. If we have an argument with the legislature, we'll go directly to the people and let them make the decision." And we had extraordinary success in Georgia. If you tone down or are reticent or timid about what is proposed just because of political expediency, you rob the whole process of much of its strength. The simplicity of it, the completeness of it, the obvious advantage to the nation of the changes -these are your major selling points. And if you throw those away on political deals ahead of time, then what you offer to the American...
...accident, and 2) that state legislatures certify-usually by two-thirds majorities, which are difficult to get-that each proposed plant meet stringent safety requirements. But the environmentalists were heavily outspent by utilities and other pro-nuclear forces who argued that crippling the construction of new plants would rob the U.S. of a necessary alternative to foreign oil as an energy source...