Word: tars
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Miller's timely tap earned Harvard a trip to the Elite Eight and a date with the women's soccer dynasty known as the North Carolina Tar Heels (27-0-1, 7-0 ACC) in Chapel Hill. That is where, one week later, Harvard's run at a national title came to an end just two steps shy of the national championship game with a hard-fought, 1-0, loss to UNC. But the title of `champion' is one the Crimson most assuredly earned with its performance in that contest and throughout its memorable 1997 campaign...
JANE FONDA, never famous for her reserve, had to apologize to her adopted state last week after comparing Georgia to a Third World country. Addressing a U.N. function, she said that in northern Georgia, "children are starving to death. People live in tar-paper shacks with no indoor plumbing." This incensed Governor Zell Miller, who's from those parts. "Maybe the view from your penthouse apartment is not as clear as it needs to be," he groused. Fonda apologized instantly, saying her remarks were "inaccurate and ill-advised." Peachy...
Having identities shaped by nicotine and tar apparently makes some students nervous. While some smokers are eager to discuss tobacco culture, most are reluctant to reveal their names. They give different reasons for requesting anonymity, among them a fear of mothers who read FM, fear of harassment by health insurance companies and just plain embarrassment. Some didn't want their friends to read about their smoking habits; others were simply ashamed...
...scene has been described as mayhem, as explosive and combative, but no single word can convey the energy and the determination--both of the students and the enforcement officials--that overwhelmed the campus after the Blue Devil's victory over the Tar Heels...
Hofher is familiar with new Tar Heels coach Carl Torbush from when the latter coached at Louisiana Tech from 1979 to 1982. Torbush recently replaced Mack Brown as the head coach in Chapel Hill...