Word: stingingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last fall, the Bruins avenged some of the sting of the previous losses with a come-from-behind victory over the second-seeded Crimson in the Ivy semi-finals. After blanking host Yale, 3-0, in the consolations, the Cantabridgians could only watch from the sidelines as Brown, powered by two Cameron Tuttle tallies, edged top-ranked Princeton, 2-0, in overtime for the championship...
...fine sherry, poring over rare volumes in his study, and reflecting back on the good old days of college. Peter Barber doesn't fit that mold. "The good old days" he remembers here were not always so good, and they are not yet old enough to have lost their sting...
...rate chain," says Allen H. Neuharth. The arrogance of Neuharth's remark comes from his success in building up the profitable Gannett chain of more than 80 newspapers, many of them local monopolies. Most exemplify the new blenderized newspaper, which leaves no mark because it has so little sting. But if newspapers are similar in tone and coverage, who needs to read a second paper to balance the first? Newspaper readership has been declining for years. Young people read fewer newspapers than their parents. The drop in circulation is sharpest on the second newspaper in town...
...five years the Bridgeport, Conn., city government and police force had been under extensive federal investigation. Apparently frustrated by the lack of results, the FBI decided to try an old-fashioned sting. The bait was Thomas Marra Jr., 28, a convicted car thief awaiting sentencing. Marra's father and uncle held a $100,000-a-year contract from Bridgeport to tow stolen cars-or did until last May, when motorists complained that equipment had been pilfered from the recovered autos. The FBI plan: Marra would offer Police Superintendent Joseph Walsh $30,000 to reinstate the contract. Walsh agreed...
...that point the sting got stung. "Put your hands on the dashboard," ordered Walsh. "You're under arrest for attempted bribery." The FBI arrived to find five Bridgeport detectives and a Walsh-invited press contingent who were busily comparing Marra's electronic devices with their own. They had been listening over Walsh's identical body mike from across the street. The Feds demanded Marra, the bug and the cash. "I politely told them where to go," says Walsh. Marra went to jail. An embarrassed FBI was left muttering darkly about investigating who tipped off Walsh. "I smelled...