Word: wave
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trend started in Madison Square Garden last season and has grown to tidal wave proportions. Last year, Tom Young's Rutgers squad went 31-0, advancing to the NCAA Final Four before losing to Michigan and UCLA. St. John's, Hofstra and Princeton were all part of the post-season hoopla, while St. Peter's went...
Although the competition was not wave-shattering, the young team demonstrated its ability by turning in strong performances. Freshman Jane Fayer splashed to three first place finishes, in the 50,100, and 500 yard freestyle events...
...little worried about Carter's seemingly humble posture. "After all," says Boren, "pomposity is the seat of bureaucratic power." But with a snort, a wave and a chuckle, Boren goes on his rounds through the changing city. He even has some tax advice for Carter. Noting that as more bureaucrats come into existence, there are fewer and fewer taxpayers to support them, INATAPROBU has proposed worldwide tax reform that would give tax incentives to the decreasing number of taxpayers to encourage them to work harder to support the increasing number of those who do not work...
...Brazil goes," said an animated Richard Nixon in 1971, "so will the rest of the Latin American continent." Indeed, since its 1964 coup set the stage for a wave of military takeovers on the continent, Brazil has been regarded as the center of gravity of South American politics...
...produced the highest rate of inflation in Europe at 35 per cent, the resistance became open, massive, active and well-organized. The regime was facing its most severe public challenge to date. The movement was spearheaded by students and their struggle committees, set up to counter an un-precedented wave of repression focused on the universities, which were seething with anti-junta agitation and organization all through...