Word: shoots
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seventh-seeded Radcliffe heavies shoot past Princeton in the last 30 strokes of the Eastern Sprints to grab third place behind Yale and Wisconsin in the Super Bowl of women's crew in New Preston, Conn...
...that." The dean compares educational policy to urban policy, saying that somebody must risk making clear and controversial arguments. "You have to put somebody in charge if you're going to get a coherent policy," he says, adding, "I would rather have one person in charge--even to shoot at--to clarify policy rather than run around to 1000 different departments with different responsibilities...
Rich Dusek, manager of a gas station about 100 yds. from the crash site, heard "a big explosion" and saw flames shoot up 400 to 500 ft. in the air. "Then we felt the concussion," he said. "About five seconds later we felt a blast of heat. It was like sitting in front of a fireplace." The first rescue units were on the scene within three minutes. One aircraft engine still was flaming, and the aircraft fuel had ignited, starting fires in several nearby house trailers. Most of the plane was smashed into small scraps of metal. Many...
...believe the Aga Khan gave the stallions as a favor to the National Stud for stopping my horses from leaving the country." Replies the Aga Khan: "I didn't need the horses. They didn't square with my breeding program. Better to donate them than to shoot them...
...great optimism is justified either when it comes to cutting medical costs overall. Medicine cannot be made cheap, given the costs of its technology, and by its nature it cannot be anything but a seller's market. But U.S. health care bills do not have to shoot up as rapidly as they are doing now. The big question is whether doctors, hospital administrators, insurers and employers can devise ways to bring the public the benefits of technology at an affordable price, without a federal whip being held over them...