Word: round
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, East Stroudsburg, the second-ranked team in the East, squeaked by the Crimson, 15-12 and 15-13, in the quarterfinal round--and then defeated Pitt to move into the finals and an anticipated showdown with top-ranked George Mason...
...tempting targets for a first strike." Second, it has to be "cost-effective at the margin." Translation: It must be cheaper to add new defenses than new offensive systems. If it were cheaper to build new offensive weapons, he said, it would just set off a new and dangerous round in the arms race as each side looked for ways to overwhelm the other's defenses. "If the new technologies cannot meet these standards," said Nitze in a speech to the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, "we are not about to deploy them...
...MARV (maneuverable reentry vehicle) that could dart and weave to avoid anti- missile missiles. The disclosure of the MARV research is awkward for the Reagan Administration because it undercuts the President's argument that it is possible to build an airtight defense system. Arms-race foes naturally fear another round of nuclear one-upmanship as MIRVing is made more lethal by MARVing...
...holdings include the 2B Ranch, a 14,000-acre spread where he and Beatrice stable eleven horses and hunt together. Then there is a 6,500-acre Oklahoma cattle ranch and, for a change of scenery, a vacation retreat in California's Palm Springs. Pickens' $1.5 million year- round home in Amarillo boasts a sunken tennis court, a 20-ft.-high glass- enclosed gallery, plus a library of more than 1,000 volumes that includes a collection of rare illus- trated books on American Indians...
Despite his medium height (5 ft. 8 in.), Pickens was a star guard on the Amarillo High basketball team. During the semifinal round of a state tournament, his shooting helped keep his team in the game, even though he and his teammates were much shorter than the opposition. At the last time-out, Pickens bounded onto a bench and exhorted, "Guys, I think we've got 'em! Just keep playing the way you have been!" Unfortunately for biographers, the final result was a one-point loss...