Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...myself feeling as if I were trying to stop 4,000 Ping Pong balls from rolling off a table." Trying to pin down the mystique of Muppet mania, Skow first tried to attack the question scientifically, only to throw up his hands cheerfully in the end. Says he: "The trick in writing the story was to analyze the magic without destroying...
...Imam Reza, a saint of ancient times. In the dream, Reza complained that Shi'ite Leader Ayatullah Khomeini had been turning Muslim against Muslim and that his teachings were thus running counter to Islamic law. Among the faithful, many were stunned; others dismissed the report as a government trick...
...certain, Callaghan reminded Scottish and Welsh nationalists of the referendum promised for March on a proposal for increased local rule for Scotland and Wales. Similarly, the Ulster-men were reminded that the Prime Minister has pledged an increase in seats for them, from 12 to 17. That did the trick. Enough nationalists voted with Labor, enough unionists abstained, and Callaghan survived...
BRUNSWICK, Maine--A George Hughes hat trick paced the Harvard hockey team to a convincing 6-4 thumping of ECAC Division 2 champion Bowdoin here at Dayton Arena last night...
...trick is to convince high-schoolers that Harvard swimming is for real. While it was a heartbreaker to fall short at Easterns last year, Bernal claims that "we could have won Easterns if we had really wanted, but maybe it paid off to wait for nationals. By beating out schools like Stanford and Princeton there, we proved that we won't leave our swimming at the bloodbath of the Eastern Championships, and we were able to get some of the top national swimmers to come to Harvard...