Word: turf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fall or winter, turf or ice. Harvard could always rely upon the fabulous feet of Kelly Landry...
...every level, from % small-caliber bullets to multimegaton thermonuclear warheads; the Soviets must not be permitted a monopoly in any significant category of competition, military or paramilitary. To avoid the danger of escalation, the U.S. must have the ability to combat the Soviets and their proxies on their own turf, without resorting to higher levels of violence. In practice, the Reagan Doctrine has given the U.S. both the will and the way to punish and perhaps sometimes reverse Soviet expansionism...
Everything is here. Stats that you never dreamed existed are here and in profusion: batting vs, left- and righthanded pitcher, with runners on base, with the bases empty, in late inning pressure situations, on grass, on turf, at home, on the road, with runners in scoring position, runners in scoring position and two outs, leading off innings and runners on third with less than twoOuts, in each months...
After opening this book, you'll really want to know how that .235 hiter fared in late inning pressure situations or on turf or with runers on third and less than two outs...
Officials say the Soviets got the prime turf, with a view of several sensitive buildings, including the White House, because, when the sites were originally agreed upon, the land was available and microwave communication and its interception were not as sophisticated or as prevalent as they are today. Although the microwave problem is less severe now because of such countermeasures as coding sensitive messages, new listening devices have enhanced the Soviet embassy's physical advantages. A laser bugging technique that shoots beams against windows can decipher vibrations in the glass made by conversations. The Americans agreed to their lowly site...