Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Canadian-born freshman heavyweight Jim Phills lost to former Eastern champion Jay Craddock of Columbia in the semifinals. An experienced wrestler, Craddock choked out Phills' attempts to use upper body moves by shooting single leg attacks and maintaining his distance...
Government helicopters by then had begun dropping tear gas on the besieged holy place. In the great courtyard, the attackers were haranguing their hostages to proclaim Mohammed Abdullah al-'Utaibah the promised messiah. But they fled in panic to the upper floors of the mosque and its seven minarets when National Guard troops suddenly burst through the gates of the mosque and armored vehicles with artillery and machine guns quickly encircled the Ka'ba. To minimize damage to the mosque, the government had ordered its troops to move in with knives and to use them in hand...
...government ministers. Pointing up the issue of class, Labor M.P.s charged that the soft treatment accorded Blunt was evidence that Britain's "old boy" network was ever ready to protect one of its own from public wrath (see ESSAY). As Scottish M.P. William Hamilton angrily put it, the upper-class establishment had been so determined to protect its members that it had allowed "an ex-public school boy, a homosexual and a traitor for 20 years" to operate within the gates of the palace. "I have never felt so sick, angry and frustrated...
...paper. Princeton appears to have the upper hand for this campaign. Barnaby's unparalleled squash smarts and coaching ability, however, do not show up on paper...
...reckoned with. The former Canadian Junior champion chased his first man right off the mat with a pin at the 42-second mark. Power bowed to finesse in the next round when Phills notched another win, taking less than five minutes to pound his competitor with his array of upper body moves. His next match pitted him against Trenton State's 300-pound heavyweight but Phills used his skills wisely and cruised by another freshman stalwart, 16-8. Andy McNerney battled his way to the second day's matches with an impressive 9-2 win in his final clash. McNerney...