Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...goalie Nancy Gonzalves played an exceptional game, turning away a dozen Crimson shots and keeping B.C. as close as it was. For much of the second half Gonzalves was the only Eagle to touch the ball. Huber and Jennifer White kept Gonzalves busy, unleashing four shots each, equal to the total for the entire Eagle team. White was also very effective in front of the net, setting up many scoring opportunities by crisp passing from the corner...
...guerrillas, who are said to number 100,000, are commanded in Iran by Mousa Khiabani, who operates from a bunker in Tehran. They keep in touch with walkie-talkies, shortwave radios, "safe" phone lines and even carrier pigeons. Their strength also comes from a 5,000-member intelligence network that has penetrated every level of Khomeini's hierarchy. One example: Massoud Keshmiri, the top government aide who carried a bomb right into a meeting with President Ali Raja'i and Prime Minister Mohammed Javad Bahonar, killing them and six others last month...
...directoring debut, David Steinberg avoids all the gimmicky devices a first-timer often employs and adds his own special stand-up-comic touch to many of the funny scenes. However, his successes on the comedy side barely compensate for his failure to turn the romantic spark between Reynolds and the new first lady Beverly D'Angelo into a flame. Even in comedy, the director at times stretches for just a little bit too much, for that extra, meaningless laugh...
...team into Harvard territory several times, but the Huskies seemed to have trouble caused by first downs from the beginning of the game. Example: On a fourth down and six, Neil Gauvin punted directly to Harvard's John Dailey, and within three plays the Crimson had their third touch-down. Robert Bonner fought for Connecticut yardage, but his team was plagued by fouls and a strong, united Harvard defense...
...would take money for campaign committees. There's not a single major politician of the period who didn't." Large cash contributions to campaign funds were legal in those preWatergate days. Donald Thomas, one of Johnson's former lawyers, concedes that the President kept in touch with his investments...