Word: sprees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...civil rights group also says the men were under police surveillance for weeks before the crime spree began, and that the trial which ended in a life sentence was highlighted by police perjury and coaching of witnesses by the prosecutor. Public contribution to a special fund will help defray the cost of defending the men (Williams is about to be tried), and assist in the fight to overturn Geter's sentence...
...clutch shot-blocking but his scoring. In Friday's game, Olson scored the tying goal against UNH netminder Todd Pearson, who had been stonewalling the Crimson all evening. He then was credited with an assist for the go-ahead goal, and ended Harvard's three-minute scoring spree with another tally...
...certainly did. A minute and a half later, junior Phil Falcone put Harvard up for good with a shot from the top of the slot, and Olson ended the three-minute, four-goal spree with his second goal of the evening...
Then BC effectively iced the contest, exploding for four goals in a 4:57 span, including McDonough's breakaway tally. The final goal of the offensive spree helped redeem, in a way, the frustrating Beanpot career of Eagle Co-Captain Mike O'Neil. In 1980, when the Huskies nipped BC in the final. O'Neil was on the ice for the decisive overtime goal, and was pictured in a widely-reprinted photo smashing his stick across the goalposts in anger after the winning goal. Now, with the BC offense pouring it on, he zoomed up the middle, took a pass...
...probable reaction to the prospect of life imprisonment, and then zeroed in on those who seemed likely to turn informant in exchange for a lighter sentence. The tactic worked, and the confessions snowballed. The mood of the country also changed, for the Moro and Dozier incidents, combined with the spree of violence, cost the terrorists what little sympathy they enjoyed among Italians. Perhaps as a result, terrorist attacks in Italy have decreased' from a high of 2,395 in 1978 to 849 in 1981 and 603 in 1982. Authorities expect that the rate will drop further as more convictions...