Word: sparking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other senators voting to sustain the raise were Democrats Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), Edward M. Kennedy '54-56 (D-Mass.), Spark Matsunaga (D-Hawaii), Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska...
Duncombe pumped in 16 points, including 14 in the first half to spark a 36-28 halftime lead for the Quakers. Little-known freshman Paul Chambers dished out six assists and did an effective job bringing the ball up against Harvard's press, freeing Frazier to concentrate on scoring...
...first half was the Ron Mitchell show, as the Harvard freshman dominated the boards, played a solid defensive half and pumped in nine points to spark the Crimson to a 28-22 halftime lead...
...Communists hoped their offensive would spark an uprising against the government of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. It did not: the invaders were thrown back, suffering disastrous casualties. Yet for the brilliant North Vietnamese commander, General Vo Nguyan Giap, Tet was an important symbolic victory. American confidence in the war effort, and in the leadership that had promised success, was irrevocably shattered. The images of war -- always shocking, bleak, agonizingly poignant -- took on a darker significance. "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it," declared a U.S. major in the battle for Ben Tre, a provincial capital...
While Harvard's confident play disappearedduring a 12-2 run by the Engineers in the nextfour minutes, Mitchell seemed to spark the Crimsonwith another resounding slam. On the play, the6-ft., 7-in. freshman rose about two feet abovethe rim to grab Carter's missed turnaround jumper...