Word: snubbings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three wrestlers from each weight class at Eastern will be invited to compete in the NCAA Tournament. Last year, Fronhofer finished third in his weight class but was not invited--a snub Fronhofer is expected to overcome this time around...
...snub-nosed .38 revolver aimed at Bay Lop's temple and the grimace on his face are etched into the memory of every American who read a newspaper in 1968. His summary execution by General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of South Vietnam's national police, during the second day of the 1968 Tet offensive in Saigon altered U.S. public opinion about what was at stake in the war as much as any other event did. A quarter-century later, the victim's widow Nguyen Thi Lop, 60, lives in a decrepit house on the outskirts of what is now called...
...Weapons were so plentiful that he never had to buy one but simply borrowed from friends. Openly proud of the firearms he has used, Knighton smiles fondly as he recalls each one. "When I was 14, I started out with a .25 automatic, then ; got me a .38 snub-nosed, then a 12-gauge shotgun, a .45 automatic and a 9-mm. But my last gun -- and my best gun -- was a baby...
...snub was only the latest in a series of defeats that Reilly has suffered in battles with top Administration officials who prize economic growth over conservation. Among Reilly's adversaries are Vice President Dan Quayle, who is leading a campaign to soften environmental regulations, and Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan. Reilly and Lujan have clashed as members of the so-called God Squad, a committee of officials with the power to grant exceptions to the Endangered Species Act. Last month, over Reilly's protests, a committee majority gave loggers the go-ahead to cut down 688 hectares (1,700 acres...
...FACE OF this electoral snub, De Klerk called this referendum on the country's future...