Word: slapped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Clear Slap. Insiders say that Moscow at first actually seemed to yield on all the renegades' points. But suddenly the deliberations hit a snag. One explanation is that the Soviet leadership is divided over concessions to the Western individualists and hence did not want them down on paper. Another guess is that the Soviets did not really want the summit conference after all because it might emphasize the disunity of the Communist movement...
...slavish loyalty to Moscow, moved sharply toward the more independent stance of its Italian comrades. In a joint communique issued by French Party Chief Georges Marchais and the Italians' Enrico Berlinguer, the two parties formally endorsed democratic change for their countries free of "all foreign interference" - a clear slap at Moscow...
...dreams about just that possibility. "I visualize techniques," he says. "Some of them are just ungodly. Run over a guy, hurdle, jump six feet, put three or four moves on him so he freezes. No flaws. Perfect push and pull on the guard, jump over the center. Another blocker, slap him aside. Block the ball when the quarterback throws it, catch it, and run 99 yards." If that's the defense, Pittsburgh shouldn't have to wait another 42 years to win a second championship...
Junior wing Leckie tied it at 2-2,23 seconds later, picking up the rebound of a Todd Nieland slap shot and backhanding it over the sprawled NU goalie...
More fireworks came a minute later when freshman Bill Horton scored with Harvard shorthanded. Captain Kevin Carr had gone to the penalty box for the second time, seemingly killing Harvard's momentum. But Horton blew down the left side and let go a slap shot that the NU goalie saved. Dave Bell just skated past the rebound, but Horton alertly followed up his own shot to give Harvard a 3-2 lead...