Word: signal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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AFTER NEARLY thirty years of conflict, the recent breakthrough in relations between Israel and Egypt comes as a welcome surprise. Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat's historic trip to Israel was a symbolic gesture that may signal a break in the seemingly endless escalating cycles of hostility in the Middle East. Similarly, Sadat's request last week for a meeting in Cairo, as soon as possible, of all nations and Palestinian representatives involved in the complex Middle East situation to discuss the upcoming Geneva peace talks is heartening. Again, Sadat's move was a welcome one, although it still lies...
...Oklahoma Sooners. But this year it was strictly M*A*S*H for Texas quarterbacks. On Texas' seventh play, the starting quarterback was scissored by two Sooner defenders and carted off the field with an ankle injury that will keep him out for the season. The second-string signal caller lasted longer-nine plays-before he too went down with a torn knee. From the farthest reaches of the Texas bench came Randy McEachern, a senior quarterback who had sat out last season, his knee in a cast, as a spotter for U.T. radio announcers. When he entered...
...vetoed by the U.S. and its Western allies, the U.N. Security Council voted to impose a mandatory arms embargo on South Africa. For the immediate future, that embargo will have only a limited effect, since South Africa is virtually self-sufficient in arms production?but it was a clear signal that the U.N., and particularly the West, is determined to take a firmer line with South Africa from...
Then the league-leaders started to settle down. A successful caper by signal-caller Bob Rizzo, and a short burst into line gave Yale a first down at mid-field. Six powerful runs later, it was first and ten at the Crimson 12-yard line...
...work quickly to start the second half. Bobby Kinchen returned the kick to the 40, and three plays later Brown hit Sablock again for 17 yards to the Yale 36-yard line. Then, the Crimson pass blocking broke down as it had early in the game. The Harvard signal-caller was dropped for a big loss, and the visitors had to punt...