Word: winner
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...paymaster, he was born in Galicia on the Atlantic coast. Franco entered the Academia de Infanteria at Toledo in 1907 at the age of 15. During the Spanish campaign against the Riffs of Morocco between 1912 and 1926 he gained a reputation for unflinching physical courage. A three-time winner of the Medal of Military Merit, Franco was promoted to Spain's youngest captain at 22, major at 23, colonel at 32, and, at 33, he became the youngest general in Europe since Napoleon...
...field hockey team will meet Bates, Worcester State, and Bridgeport as its draw in the tournament today. The tournament is unusual in that no overall winner is named. Instead, the focus is on individual performance and the best players will be chosen to play in qualifying tournaments for the Nationals to be held over Thanksgiving. The strongest 33 players from the 18 competing colleges will make up the all-star teams to play in the sectional rounds...
Afterwards he appears from nowhere. The promoter, Speed (James Coburn) turns around and there he is across the table. The next day Bronson shows his stuff-one punch and the fight is over. Speed has got a partner, a real winner, and he's thrilled and jabbering. They split the cash and take the train to New Orleans, Bronson silent. "Any more questions?" he always asks. At the station he just leaves; he wants to check out the town. Not to worry, Speed, Bronson will find you when he needs the dough. He does, and the movie unfolds, Bronson...
...unseating of incumbents takes place this fall, the candidates to watch as the election returns drift slowly in (with PR voting, it often takes a week to figure out the winners) will be the four non-incumbents on the CC '75 slate. Of the four-John Brode, David Clem, Eric Davin and Mary Ann Preusser-each claims that he or she will be the lucky winner if CC '75 picks up a fifth seat, and the complexity of Cambridge voting makes it hard to tell the bluffers from the true believers. All four, of course, embrace the CC '75 platform...
...translator at press conferences for 1975 Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, Goldfarb stressed that he agrees with Sakharov that trade between the United States and the USSR be contingent upon guarantees of the right emigrate...