Word: stagings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gerald Ford had promised the Saudis the F-15, but decided not to proceed with the sale during an election year. Reminded of that commitment by Riyadh, Carter agreed to honor Ford's pledge. The President also felt it important to extend arms to Sadat at this stage; he reasoned that for domestic political reasons it would be best to announce the latest decision on arms sales to the Israelis at the same time...
DIED. Ilka Chase, 72, ultrasophisticated actress, author and wit; of internal hemorrhage; in Mexico City. While pursuing an acting career on stage (The Women, Forsaking All Others) and screen (Now, Voyager; Fast and Loose), Chase wrote more than a dozen books, including her memoirs Past Imperfect. The self-image she projected was that of a cool, sharp-tongued woman. If Journalist Dorothy Thompson didn't know as much as God, Chase once remarked, she most certainly knew as much...
...Lions are currently 8-2 in the Ivies, so it is imperative they sweep Dartmouth and Harvard in order to set the stage for their March 3 battle with the 9-1 Quakers for a share in the championship. The weekend contest could be equally pivotal for Harvard. If the Crimson can get by the Lions it would open up the possibility of a three-way tie for second with Columbia and Princeton...
Trailing by 12 points at one stage in the second half. the cagers simply refused to kowtow. When Cyrus Booker swished a pair of free throws with 2:03 left to play, the hoopsters took an 85-83 lead which they held onto with something bordering on cold fury. "You could see the determination in their faces," said coach Frank McLaughlin. "Tonight we decided to do it all together...
...species will take about a million years. Since the majority of the planets in the universe are not merely millions but billions of years older than the earth, the life they carry-assuming life to be common in the cosmos-must long since have passed through the stage we are about to enter...