Word: tides
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bladderball game, for example. This is a form of sport in which three or four thousand Yalies lock themselves inside the Old Campus with a huge canvas ball. There appears to be no object to it except to immerse oneself in a surging tide of flesh, heaving violently in one direction after another in pursuit of the ball. The specter of academic pressure seems to preside over this activity, as it does over every activity at Yale. Last year the bladderball was removed to Kingman Brewster's lawn and, while the president of Yale stood on his porch, drink...
...parties, policy statements and programs to form a common front against the Francoist state after Franco. But rank-and-file Spanish laboring men, historically the most radical in the West, have not yet emerged as factors. Thirty-six years of repression and material prosperity have perhaps stemmed the revolutionary tide. Only when Franco dies and Juan Carlos attempts to enact reforms over visceral right-wing opposition will the working class have a chance to act for itself; until then, the parties claiming to speak for it command attention...
Perhaps inspired by the practicing Harvard band's rendition of the William Tell overture, Radcliffe briefly turned the tide midway through the half. Senior Maude Wood's shot on the door-step was kicked out by goalie Harnish, but the rebound was fanned on by the Crimson, and eventually cleared by the Princeton defense...
...tide turned in the second half, Williams came out and dominated play, putting constant pressure on the Crimson defense, and finally scoring with 4:43 left in the first half...
...Administration officials contend that some 75 banks around the country hold New York City debt equal to 50% or more of their net worth, and only about half of them would be in serious danger if the city defaulted. The Federal Reserve Board has promised to make loans to tide these banks over in case of a default. Last week, however, there were some signs that the Administration might be wavering. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller recommended that Congress consider creating a "temporary bridge" to relieve the financial pressures on the city while it takes steps to win back investors' confidence...