Word: semis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rushing total set a new school record, and Yale has had some semi-tough halfbacks in its time--Albie Booth, Calvin Hill and Dick Jauron...
Harvard gave its all in that semi-final, but the Bruins came up with just a little bit more. Super-scooter Frances Fusco sealed a 2-1 Bruin victory with a goal midway through the second half. Princeton barely worked up a sweat in disposing of Yale...
...semi-independent budget committee responsible for delegating the council's funds each year. Even though each student can opt to retain $6.50 of his $10 surcharge, that leaves at least $20,000 for administrative expenses. If students pay the full surcharge, another $5000 will go toward campus-wide activities and social events, with the remaining $35,000 distributed to officially recognized undergraduate organizations on the basis of need...
Voyager came closest to Saturn just before the 1½-hour period when the spacecraft was behind the planet, totally cut off from the earth. But the semi-intelligent machine continued operations under the command of its preprogrammed computers, taking pictures, performing experiments and storing the information on tape. Not until Voyager 2 emerged from behind Saturn and again began radioing back data did scientists learn that something had gone wrong. As Voyager 2 crossed the rings, the playback showed, the cameras began missing their targets. Somehow the spacecraft's movable "scan platform," which acts as an aiming mechanism...
...laborers is Ukegawa Brothers Inc., a large tomato grower in northern San Diego County. Says Chris Hartmire, an assistant to the president of the United Farm Workers of America: "The Ukegawa workers are living on the ground, under trees, under shrubs, in makeshift huts. They're in a semi-slave situation." The workers bathe in irrigation canals and often drink contaminated water...