Word: round
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Conservative Center Forward was launched by about 30 moderate Tory M.P.s, with former Foreign Secretary Francis Pym, 63, as its leader. In calling for measures to ease unemployment and bolster industry through greater investment by the government in the public sector, Pym declared, "This Conservative government has been giving round after round of ammunition to its political opponents. It stands in danger of being sunk by its own shells." Though Pym praised the Prime Minister for her "courage and determination" and insisted that the new caucus would not be disloyal to the party and its leadership, his sharp criticism...
...between parents and offspring. The girls marry English Canadians: "the two Bobs, the Don, the Ian, and the last one -- Keith, or Ken?" Their bemused father cannot tell them apart at family gatherings. As for the patriarch's grandchildren, they "seem to belong to a new national type, with round heads, and quite large front teeth. You would think some Swede or other had been around Montreal on a bicycle so as to create this new national type...
...victory advanced the Cantabs into the round of 16 against Monty Oppenheim and Jon Ross of Southern Methodist University and overshadowed a disappointing performance by Harvard's singles players...
...three of the members who received buds to the singles tournament lost their first round matches...
...Captain Dave Beckman, who played in a preliminary round match Wednesday, lost a close, 7-5, 7-5 to Kelly Jongs of Pepperdine...