Word: seesaws
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brigate Rosse had kept Italy on a cruel seesaw of suspense since Moro's abduction on March 16. They had spurned pleas for mercy from the Vatican, from the Pope himself ("I beg you on my knees") and from the United Nations as they dangled their victim like a political puppet. The end came when they executed Moro with eleven shots fired from a Czech-made Skorpion 7.65-mm pistol and a still unidentified 9.-cal. handgun. Eight shots were centered around his heart. The hatchback Renault in which the body had been placed was left on a narrow...
...cruel seesaw of suspense, the vigil for Moro goes...
...game was a rough seesaw affair, with Harvard scoring in spurts and UNH scrambling back. It was 7-4, Harvard, at the half...
...first doubles, Terry Clarke and Leslie Miller recovered from a second set lapse to capture their seesaw battle, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Miller later admitted they only won because "Coach Felske said he'd treat us to ice cream...
Meanwhile, Fought and Davies were in the midst of a seesaw match with both safely on the 15th green in two. Fought, however, was some 45 feet from the flagstick. Fought rolled in the putt and Davies missed his ten-footer as the American snatched a two and one victory...