Word: slaughtering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...walls of the IAB came crumbling in on the Harvard wrestlers Saturday afternoon when a spotty but cunning Springfield squad marched right over the Crimson for a 37-7 slaughter. The loss was the third in a row for the matmen, who, thanks to a string of early season victories, still sport a 10-5-1 record...
Even if the embargo were to prove largely successful, it is unlikely that anybody in the U.S.S.R. would go hungry. The bulk of the grain from the U.S. is corn, which is fed to livestock. The Kremlin has been striving to build up its herds after a distress slaughter prompted by bad harvests in the mid-1970s. At the moment, Soviet ports and storage areas are crammed with grain, so any embargo would not be felt for a few months. When the grain runs out, the herds would again be slaughtered to feed people. Toward...
...Baer twins turned in strong showings with three victories between them. David, the heavier of the two at 158 Ibs., snagged his first win of the afternoon with a 21-3 slaughter of Lowell's Rich McLarney. He then added a 4-3 squeaker over Steve Leibiger of MIT. Brian Baer, at 142 lbs., shut out Engineer Tony Wilson...
...even a battle scene at the climax" reveals a saddening ignorance of Star Trek's underlying message of optimism. In a future when we have achieved superior technology, it is hoped, we will put that knowledge to a more humane and productive use than the efficient slaughter of one another...
...Carnival in Romans Le Roy Ladurie provides a new aperture-and another compelling view. The place is the small city of Romans in southeastern France. The year is 1580. France is still recovering from the widespread slaughter of the Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572; skirmishes still go on between Catholic and Huguenot. Town and countryside are periodically ravaged by roving bands of brigand soldiers. Class bitterness over increasingly burdensome taxes breaks out in tax strikes, urban unrest and peasant revolt. It all coils up toward Mardi Gras, culminating in a bloody midnight clash...