Word: toward
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when none of the U.S. retaliations brought any progress toward the release of the hostages, American anger and frustration became almost palpable.* New anti-Iranian demonstrations flared on campuses from coast to coast; three teen-agers threw a rock at the window of an Iranian in Denver, and he shot back, killing one of them. Eight Iranians, carrying rifles, telescopic sights and ammunition, were arrested at Baltimore-Washington International Airport as they prepared to board a flight to New York. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, normally one of the mildest and most self-controlled of men, said he sympathized with...
Despite last season's successes, several large holes remained on the Crimson aquatic depth charts, gaps that needed to be filled if the team was to move toward its goal of creating a swimming dynasty...
...staging area where radicals and liberals weary from the defeats of the '60s could regroup to "work within the existing social movements, which were and are predominantly liberal, as a loyal, open socialist fighting to persuade the entire democratic Left that structural change is necessary. Tactically, we move toward (this goal) by way of coalition politics. We act as part of the Left wing of the Democratic Party in order to change the Party itself...
Gardner denounced the orientation of current literary criticism toward empty scholarship and said it neglects the actual experience of reading...
Community apathy toward swimming and Harvard's administrative indecision--questioning any attempt to create a national power in any sport--were not the least of these problems. The new coach's aggressive recruiting and promotion of his sport helped alleviate these troubles, as did construction of Blodgett Pool and the emergence of other Harvard teams as regional powers--most notably in women's soccer...