Word: rucking
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...after President Reagan tapped him to succeed ousted EPA Administrator Anne Burford, Ruckelshaus was already hard at work trying to raise the agency's reputation, and employee morale, from the ashes. "Ruck," as his friends call him, is a tall, witty lawyer with broad government experience and a reputation for integrity and administrative astuteness. He is expected to step up enforcement against corporate polluters, clean up toxic-waste dumps, beef up the agency's management and budget, and repair its shattered relationship with Congress. Ruckelshaus was the nearly unanimous choice of top White House officials. Said one Reagan...
first as a scholar of medieval art, and second as director of the Met from 1967 to 1978. The feat that did most to lift him from the curatorial ruck and make him papabile was a work of art he acquired for the Cloisters in 1963. The Bury St. Edmunds Cross, a 12th century English ivory carving, was and still is one of the finest medieval objects in America. It is unsettling as well, since much of its complicated biblical and patristic symbolism insists that the Jews were the killers of Christ and thus an accursed people, so detestable that...
Harvard came out strong and set up a try within the first three minutes. Driving ahead, the Crimson forwards won good ball from a ruck. Fly half Keith Watling dashed across the field and created an overlap, and while the Brown line raced about in disarray, Harvard took advantage of its extra man, with O'Hana carrying the ball...
...Princeton--will get the nod 'at QB. He'll be gunning the ball to Shawn Teevens, a starting wide receiver last year and to any combination of John Idzik, Ray Murphy and John Okeniczik. As directed by Yukica's multiple I to a trio of backs--Shawn Maher, Dennis Ruck, and Rich Lena look to be starters with Peter Lavery at backup...
...game went into overtime, Harvard huddled before kicking off and Bott outlined two moves to catch UMass off-guard. First, Bott would kick the ball uncharacteristically deep, hoping that a ruck or maul would form before the defenders could run or kick the ball upfield...