Word: took
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington goes like this: after the disaster in Vietnam, the U.S. grew so timid about flexing its muscles in the Third World that it lost the will and ability to defend "legitimate interests" there. As a result, when the Tehran mob broke traditional standards of international law and took the embassy occupants hostage, America felt powerless to respond. To avoid such embarassing nuisances in the future, the Pentagon's friends in Congress argue, the U.S. must develop a "quick-strike force" able to dump a motorized division anywhere in the Third World within 60 days. Congress approved such a force...
With Harvard's confidence peaking, the icemen took control in the third period, allowing UNH to penetrate the Crimson zone only to be turned back time after time...
Harrison and Corrigan took over the first two slots because of the absence of Becky Tung and Margo McGlade, who were competing--with little success, it turned out--at the Princeton Invitational Saturday...
...thinclads raced to an early lead when McNulty, the newly-elected senior class First Marshal, and Scidmore took one-two in the mile...
...dull first half ended as UPenn took a 33-30 lead into the locker room...