Word: sinkful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...supporting cast, like their leaders, are mainly washed up has-beens with too much pride to sink to do Hollywood Squares but not enough talent to make it onto The Love Boat. There's Mary Gross, for example, Donna Dixon and Charles Grodin. Grodin, actually, pulls off what seems like a stellar performance in comparison, but it's lost amidst the stale jokes and valium-inspired acting perpetrated by his cohorts and the rest of the cast, unknown actors who are destined to remain...
Harvard came out tentative in the first game, and Navy built an early 7-4 lead. The Crimson kept close to the Midshipmen with the spiking of Freshman Henry Chang, but Navy Captain Chadwick Watson and the rest of his crew loosed an arsenal of slams to sink Harvard...
Unlike such antipoliticians as Jimmy Carter, Babbitt learned and relished the levers of power, including the veto, the initiative, patronage and press leaks. Republicans controlled the Arizona legislature, but it was not veto proof, and Babbitt would threaten to sink the pet bills of legislators if they didn't accept his program. He made good on such threats a record 114 times...
Something decidedly odd is going on at the old mansion. The crackle of splintering wood emanates from the broken windows. A bathroom sink of heroic proportions has been plunked down on the overgrown lawn, and a man is chipping at a graffiti-painted wall with hammer and chisel. "Alllll right! " he says with a smile. "This stone is so wet it's going to come right off with a jackhammer...
Last year, Harvard didn't fare well in The Whale. The Crimson sailed in with a 15-0 record (the best start in Harvard history) only to run into a few icebergs and sink, 4-2. It was to be one of only two league losses the Crimson suffered. The other was to eventual ECAC runner-up St. Lawrence on the last day of the regular season...