Word: sunk
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Even if none of the moratorium calls are approved, the whaling industry may soon be sunk by dwindling profits. Greenpeace has observed that the whaling ships of the U.S.S.R. are rusted and worn and that Japan's are only slightly better-a clear sign that the world's most rapacious whalers are hesitant to invest more money in a losing business where catches are ever smaller. Some species like the bowhead and right whales may now number no more than 3,000 and perhaps are headed irreversibly toward extinction. Thus as the meeting convenes in London, the question...
...people doubted the genuineness of Carter's motives in taking such risks, but there was also no doubt that he was sorely in need of some kind of victory. On the eve of his departure, he had sunk to his lowest point in the public-opinion polls since July 1978 (63% negative in the Harris survey), partly because voters generally believe that he is floundering in his foreign policy and has lost control of events. Said Joel Fleishman, director of Duke University's Institute for Policy Sciences and Public Affairs: "Carter needs a success. The ripest possibility...
...Harvard Band's good natured innuendo was more offensive than the Bruin "attack" in the first half, as center Toni Lagos, usually Brown's high scorer, sunk only 2-16 from the floor...
With captain Glenn Fine controlling the ball for the Crimson and setting the tempo, Harvard built an eight-point lead midway through the first stanza. The Bruins' Chuck Mack sunk several long-distance jumpers to keep the offensively impotent Brown five in the ball game. Mack's effort, along with 88 per cent team accuracy from the charity stripe brought the Bruins to within three, 33-30, as the opening period came to a close...
Dartmouth never led after the opening minutes. Freshman Karen Smith tied the game at 14-14 with two free throws and senior Hildy Meyers then sent the Crimson ahead as she sunk a deuce from the floor...