Word: wallop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Malcolm Wallop, one of Reagan's strongest defenders in the Senate, contends the U.S. mishandled the case. He believes it should have filed a countercomplaint in the World Court accusing Nicaragua of exporting revolution to El Salvador...
...have accidentally uncovered a major astronomical mystery: violent outbursts of energy, in the form of X rays and gamma rays, that are observable only above the earth's atmospheric shield. Such puzzling "highenergy transients," as scientists call them, rarely last more than ten seconds, yet they pack a wallop as great as a billion billion one-megaton H-bombs.* What could possibly cause such implausibly powerful explosions far out in space...
...Crimson tallied 494 points tow wallop two-time defending champion B.U. by 57. B.C. finished third with 322, followed by Northeastern, Tufts...
...perfection with which everything fits together, technically and artistically, may be what's responsible for the slight sense of distance that hangs over this trio's tortured Gothic emotions. But of course, perfection being what it is, that sense doesn't keep Sophie's Choice from delivering the emotional wallop that it carries...
Helms' triumph was something of an illusion. He had considerable help from Senate Republican leaders, who were edgy at the thought of a Helms filibuster. In addition, Republican Senators Malcolm Wallop and Orrin Hatch were going after the nomination of Richard Burt, whose appointment as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs has been pending for nearly four months. Both Hatch and Helms claim that in 1979 Burt, then a New York Times correspondent in Washington, revealed classified information in his paper. For that, Hatch and Helms contend Burt should be disqualified from a sensitive post at State...