Word: wide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, the loss of last year's seniors has set off a wide-open competition for some positions, especially in the infield. Freshman Beth Reilly is battling juniors Ellen Cox and Brita Lind for the thirdbase position, and on the other side of the diamond, Nancy Colbert and Beth McNamara are going for the first-base slot...
Outfield positions are also up in the air. Elizabeth Crowley--who was first-team All-Ivy last year--and freshman Beth Wambach are favorites for two of the three outfield positions, but the third outfield slot--as well as the designated hitter--is wide open. Look for freshman Beverly Armstrong or a spare infielder to fill these positions...
...even to defend themselves. Indeed, the administration itself had to equivocate on the 82nd Airborne's mission because of pressure from a Congress duped by Daniel Ortega's promise to adhere to the Arias peace plan. Capitol Hill statements reduced the deterrent effect of the troops and displayed a wide dissension in American policy for all to see--especially Managua, Havana, and Moscow...
Andy Janfaza shot and watched his shot go wide left of the empty...
...academic snobbery which places pure scientists on a higher cultural level than inventors." Nor has he been content to converse solely with fellow specialists. Disturbing the Universe (1979), his autobiography, and Weapons and Hope (1984), a meditation on the threat of atomic warfare, both reached for and found a wide general audience...