Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that they intended to ignore Nixon's warnings and might even try to override any presidential veto, though it is questionable whether they can muster the required two-thirds vote. Accordingly, they sent Nixon the mine-safety bill despite his threat. Though Congress appropriated $19.9 billion for HEW-roughly the amount Nixon requested-an additional $1.1 billion in spending is almost certain to be added later. Thus, the move was not likely to influence Nixon. Similarly, though a number of ornaments were removed from the tax bill that emerged from a rough-and-tumble Senate-House conference, too many...
...help. Andre Previn's score always misses, without ever swinging. Beaton's costumes are a slight modification of the timeless Edwardia that he prefers to inhabit, and scarcely reflect the spare Mondrian modern that is the mark of Chanel. Lerner's book manages to suggest a rough draft rather than a finished libretto. He must be somewhat chagrined that the biggest laugh of the evening comes when Hepburn spits out the short word for excrement...
Both squads play extremely physical hockey, leaning more to a defensive strategy than an explosive offensive style. Each team has the physical size and the necessary goaltending to make the system pay off. And in Harvard, a position-playing, precision-passing squall that is easily rattled by rough play, both Brown and Clarkson will find a perfect opponent upon which to wreak their body-checks...
...loss, which reduced Harvard's record to 3-2, also dropped it into a shaky fourth in unofficial ECAC standings, and confirmed what has been becoming more apparent with each game. Harvard must score heavily to compensate for its defensive mistakes, and its vulnerability to rough play can often stop it from doing...
Unfortunately, the talk and B. C.'s rough, bruising style usually are enough to get Harvard's number no matter what sort of material shows up at Chestnut Hill each winter. The Eagles have won five of the last six games, including three in overtime, and when the two teams meet tonight, Harvard will be the underdog once again...