Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decisive 21-rebound spread against the Quakers cut short the Crimson's offensive potential from its inception. Everybody's all-American favorite Haigler and junior Engles set up a rebound trust, cornering the market with ten and nine each...
Going into the last event, the 200 yd. freestyle relay, Radcliffe led 65-58. The seven-point spread appeared within Maine's grasp as their strong freestylers pulled two strokes ahead after the first two legs of the relay. A determined effort by Nancy Sato, followed by a very strong performance by Laurie Downey, made up the distance and gained enough...
...Greece. Electrical advertising signs were banned after 10 p.m. in France and during the daytime in Britain. In Athens, the floodlights illuminating the Acropolis were turned off. Throughout Western Europe, energy costs were a cause of the slump in sales of autos, houses and electrical appliances. Layoffs spread in those and other industries. Unemployment hit a postwar high in France. In Germany, foreign workers were being paid bonuses to quit and go back home...
...wing of the Irish Republican Army is possible (perhaps as an extension of the holiday truce), it is more probable that violence will increase. Most observers feel that the Proves could still launch a "final offensive" to improve their bargaining position for negotiations. This could mean that terrorism would spread into neighboring Eire and intensify in England...
Dayton led all the way in the December 30 contest by maintaining at least a five-point spread over the weary Crimson squad...