Word: ward
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Because blame for an accident must be determined before claims are settled in most states, motorists frequently face costly court battles and years of delay before receiving compensation for their pains. One-fourth of all accident victims never collect a dime. Last week Congress took a first step to ward remedying that situation. After heated debate, the Senate passed (53-42) and sent to the House a national no-fault auto insurance bill...
...Kevin Ward, a junior from Adams House and the "big time operator and coordinator" of this year's race, awarded prizes to the individual contestants...
...prize of the day went to the Queen Mab, an imitation of a paddle-wheel river boat. Ward awarded four cases of beer to the craft, citing it as "the most extravagant, colossal and stupendous raft and the most likely to be hit by low flying aircraft...
...Ward gave the "most out to lunch" award to the Tommy's Lunch raft. "Tommy's Lunch spent $250.00 on materials and had ten mechanics to put the raft together," Ward said yesterday, "but somebody got mixed up and thought the race was on Sunday so they didn't show...
...Ward said he hoped that next year's race could be held in a water-filled Houston Astrodome, with the rafts sailing laps...