Word: snapping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Running almost effortlessly, Penn swept the first six places, and 11 of the first 13 to snap Harvard's eight-meet winning skein and hand the Crimson its worst defeat in coach Bill McCurdy's tenure...
...despite the Quakers' obvious superiority, there is considerable caution around Philadelphia when the subject of Harvard comes up. Only a month after Penn clobbered Harvard, 20-41, last year at Van Cortlandt Park to snap the Crimson's 34-meet winning streak, the Crimson rebounded to upset the Quakers on the same course, and capture its fifth consecutive Heptagonal title...
...accustomed to handling the suitcases of hundreds of people at once. The most visible contrast to standard jet-age travel, of course, will be space-the experience of sitting in a cruise-ship-sized cabin, with nearly 300 other passengers and 14 stewardesses. Until the airlines are able to snap out of their current economic doldrums and begin filling their new planes, much of that extra space will be used to pamper the passenger, with roomy lounge and bar areas in economy as well as first-class sections...
...from 880.91 the week before. Chemical Bank, the nation's sixth largest, made an across-the-board cut on consumer loans and pared its mortgage rate by .5% to 7%. Retail sales round the country hovered near their prefreeze levels, except for a last-minute scramble to snap up untaxed foreign-made goods already in the country...
...member of the abolished Greek parliament. Why did Papadopoulos make his move? One reason might be to regain the lost confidence of foreign investors; another could be a step toward politicization of the heretofore military regime. By establishing a political party, so the theory went, and perhaps calling a snap election some time next year, Papadopoulos might be able to assure himself of another five years in power. But, then again, there were reports that Papadopoulos had obtained the consent of some hard-liners in the Greek army by promising that there would be no nonsense about reinstituting democratic elections...