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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Doherty also earned the tag "Beast" at Andover. After Chris rolled up 200 yards total offense on only five carries and three pass receptions in his first game, the Andover fans paid homage to his intensity by coining the nickname. A reporter for The Lawrence Eagle-Tribune heard the crowd and printed it in the following day's article, and after that it stuck...
...billion in claims. As a result, fire insurance premiums have risen sharply in the past five years. Adding other, related costs such as business failures, loss of jobs and tenant relocation, Walter D. Swift, vice president of the American Insurance Association estimates last year's total arson price tag in the U.S. to be between $10 billion and $15 billion...
...their victims. From 1967 to 1975, terrorists the world over took 800 lives and wounded 1,700?a disturbing total but one that, notes a CIA study, is dwarfed by the 19,000 homicides committed in the U.S. in 1976 alone. The study also points out that the price tag of all terrorism to date (including ransoms paid and property damaged) falls well short of the $500 million in damage that vandals inflict on U.S. school buildings in an average year. Despite the verbal threats they hurl at established order, contemporary terrorists have yet to trigger a revolution or topple...
...wearer of an All-American tag is supposed to be a good athlete, well, Herold fits the mold. Currently in his third year occupying the goal for Harvard. "Freedo" (a nickname that somehow sounds too exotic for the even-keeled Herold) has compiled slightly under 2.0 goals-against average...