Word: shut
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...story of the meet, however, was not all Rojas, but the Crimson depth that enabled them to grab the tenth through thirteenth places. These four spots shut out the number five man from UMass, Paul Broughtom. Had he been able to finish ahead of Harvard's Karl Tsigdines, Andy Cambell, Jim Hughes and Jeff Brokaw, the meet might have gone to the Minutemen...
...fact, it was really the hard work of Kidder and fullbacks Brian Fearnett and Lawson Wulsin that frustrated the Dubliners and gave Harvard the edge. All three combined to shut off the Irish and control the game...
Most people react by refusing to discuss politics or their discontent with the regime. The boredom level is probably higher in East Germany than in almost any other country in the world. "If you live quietly and keep your mouth shut," says an elderly woman in Leipzig, "then nobody bothers...
...student vote to strike until ROTC was abolished virtually shut the school down. As a first result, classes and examinations were cancelled, and almost everyone got A's in courses they had technically not completed. Secondly, the faculty voted to abolish ROTC and the Administration announced that no new ROTC students would be accepted and no new contracts with the Defense Department would be negotiated...
...duration of last week's walkout against the Chrysler Corporation, the baby of the Big Three auto manufacturers, did challenge the record books: It was the shortest in UAW history. In comparison to past UAW actions, the cost of the shut-down to Chrysler was inconsequential...