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...name found his way into the hearts of most spectators early on, though. In his first-ever collegiate start, highly routed freshman Keith Webster overcame several rookie mistakes to provide some of the finest assists and rebounds of the season. He finished with six assists, seven rebounds and four points...
HARVARD (79)--Joe Carrabino 4-8-10; Ame Duncan 3-6-10; Bob Ferry 5-4-14; Pat Smith 1-1-3; Keith Webster 2-0-4; Ken Plutnicki 1-6-6; Greg Wides 2-2-6; Kyle Standley 0-0-0; Monroe Trout 4-2-10; Bob Daugherty 0-0-0; Kevin Boyle 0-0-0; Fellpe Farley 1-0-2; Ben Danielson 0-0-0; Join Simbeck 0-0-0; Bill Parkerson 0-0-0; Totals...
HARVARD (52)--Joe Carrabino 7-6-20. Greg Wildes 2-0-4; Ame Duncan 5-2-12, Ken Pluntnicki 1-0-2; Keith Webster 1-0-2; Bob Ferry 6-0-12, Totals...
...with many words, though, the original meaning has faded, and Webster's now defines depopulate only as "to reduce greatly the population of." Even that is probably too clear and specific. When Goodman uses the word not as something done to an area but as something done to the victims, then its only function is to be long and Latinate and abstract. That makes it suitable as a euphemism for a blunter word, like kill...
Koch was unrepentant. He huffed to FBI Director William Webster that "others in the Federal Government" (meaning Weinberger) were out to "stifle my constitutional rights" by sicking the G-men on him. He insisted that the FBI investigation was less interested in finding the source of the disinformation than in muzzling him. Weinberger stoutly denied any connection with the investigation. "What a cheap shot," said a Weinberger aide. Federal officials said the probe stemmed from a stepped-up effort by the State Department to crack down on disinformation. After all the hubbub, the source of the transcript printed...