Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Such a string of commendable positions deserves its growing support. But some German politicians fear that the U.S. government, at the invitation of the ruling conservative German party, may annouson a new, superficial peace proposal right before March 6 to drain support from opponents like the Greens. Such a move, if successful, would be a major setback for a fascinating political development--a party that has captured the imagination of millions and injected a needed bit of sanity into the nuclear debate...
...wish lists are hardly luxuries. Oregon City is asking for a new fire engine ($120,000), an air-operated rescue tool to help fire fighters pry open mangled or burning automobiles ($7,000), a hydrocarbon meter to detect the presence of explosive gases ($1,200) and a string of 40 new light poles for Main Street ($18,000 each). In its catalogue, Anaheim says it needs money even to equip centers for senior citizens and the handicapped. Reaching higher than most, the city of Reno asks for an entire $5 million community center. That item appears in the catalogue under...
...oldest of the Campers, as the group was called, was Art Lessel, 63, a corporate jet pilot who pitched for the Air Force in occupied Japan. Said he: "My legs are in shape, and my arm feels good. I can still twist off a few curves, pull the string on a change-up, throw a fair knuckleball, and move the ball around pretty good." Not everyone had such steely resolve. Denny Albano, 42, a Chicago commodities trader who was varsity catcher at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., trained mostly on four vodkas a day. When he essayed his first indoor...
...February 5, 1983, the Harvard men's swimming team traveled to the Tigers' den. Dillon Pool in Princeton, N.J. On the line against the once-again shaved Princetonian was a 28-meet string of victories, the longest in NCAA Division I swimming...
...Crimson has six Ivy League matches in the next two weeks. Harvard has never officially won the Ivy title, so a string of victories over the next two weeks would clinch the Crimson's first. By getting into a groove, the team will gain the necessary momentum that it needs toe perform at the Easterns...