Word: upper
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this," Oklahoma Democrat David Boren heatedly told the Senate last week. Soon afterward, his colleagues deftly avoided the issue at hand. By a vote of 84 to 7, the Senate agreed merely to study congressional campaign financing by special-interest political-action committees, or PACs. In so doing, the upper chamber dodged a proposal by Boren and Arizona Republican Barry Goldwater for severe restrictions on PAC contributions, which totaled $105.3 million in last year's congressional races...
...this short film is filled with flashbacks from the first three Rocky incarnations, scenes of the Italian Stallion hauling a sled full of chopped wood up a 90-degree cliff in training, and finally the American boxer stopping hundreds of punishing sounding blows with his forehead and chin and upper cheekbones. Apparently, Rocky thinks that masochistic training strengthens the bones in the human head to the extent that a steamroller running over the prepared cranium will cause only a slight scratch above the left eye. Warning: readers should not attempt this sort of thing at home, on their spouses, children...
Hart said an intruder could have entered Memorial Hall's upper floors, which are usually left unlocked during the day, or most of the basement, which is accessible through open service entries. Hart said the WHRB studio's only door is kept locked at all times...
...ensuing 24-minute scoring drought, however, Harvard--boosted by the strong midfield play of Andy Dale and Paul Nicholas--maintained a clear upper hand...
Even those in the upper reaches of the Stadium could see the grin beneath Wilkinson's facemask as he cradled the pigskin at the Penn...