Word: sneaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviets have concentrated their nuclear firepower on giant land-based missiles that could, according to some worst-case scenarios, be used to launch a sneak attack and deprive the U.S. of a large portion of its ability to strike back. The smaller American nuclear weapons, by contrast, have traditionally been better suited for retaliatory, rather than preemptive, missions. Moreover, by unveiling a new generation of shorter-range missiles targeted against Europe, the Soviets have raised anxieties in NATO about the West being bullied or blackmailed in some future crisis...
...third quarter was scoreless, but the Crusaders tied the game with six minutes left when Muldoon culminated a nine-play, 84-yard drive with a one-yard sneak for the TD. The extra point tied the game...
...talents of stars who may be big shots in some other medium, but don't know the tricks of the movie trade. In this instance, the victim is Bette Midler, getting by as usual on brass, bounce and breastworks. The perpetrator is Rip Torn, a snake-eyed sneak who has been lifting the hubcaps off other people's scenes for years, but here moves up to capital crime. He may be the last actor left who can get a laugh out of a belch, and the first to get one by throwing a cat at a wall...
...unbalanced feedback they were getting that night was a sneak preview for the real show three days later. On Tuesday, national Democratic leader O'Neill drubbed local Republican aspirant McNamara, 75 percent to 25 percent...
...used to walk through Harvard Yard twice a day, on my way to and from high school. I used to sneak into Harvard Yale football games. This place has meaning to me," Greenidge says. His dream came true this June, when he began his duties at Harvard. "I knew this was big time when I was up in that new press box in the Stadium this September," he adds...