Word: snappings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President, who had declared that the Reykjavik meeting was supposed to be merely a "base camp" for a full-scale summit in the U.S., allow it to turn into a breathtaking marathon marked by snap decisions on some of the most complex and fateful issues of the nuclear age? Did Reagan's men let themselves get carried away by the promise of the deal of the century, when they should have been nailing down a more realistic agreement on medium- range missiles? Instead of pulling an all-nighter in Iceland, why didn't the Americans simply...
...pair of Rob Steinberg field goals put Harvard up, 6-3, in the first half last year against Princeton, and the lead stood up until late in the fourth quarter. But with Steinberg back in punt formation deep in Harvard territory, disaster struck. The snap from center sailed over the kicker's head and out of the endzone, cutting Harvard's lead to the unlikely score...
Penn struck in the first quarter when a long snap flew over the head of punter Alex Kos. Penn took over at the Brown 24-yd. line and, two plays later, quarterback Jim Crocicchia found Brent Novoselsky for a scoring pass...
True, Gorbachev had repeatedly and publicly proposed a snap meeting to negotiate a ban on nuclear tests. But Reagan and his closest advisers had had no hint that the Soviet leader was about to suggest, under conditions of strict secrecy, a far broader meeting. Upon beginning talks in Washington on $ Sept. 19, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze had informed Secretary of State George Shultz that he was carrying a letter from Gorbachev to Reagan. Shultz called White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan to suggest that he bring Shevardnadze to the Oval Office to deliver it in person...
Brown is also trying to snap it's four-year streak of mediocrity. While Penn has been winning its four titles, the Bruins have posted records of 5-5-0, 4-5-1, 4-5-0, and 5-4-1. A fifth such season would probably set some kind of record, but folks in Providence would be a lot happier with Brown's first Ivy title since...