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Word: wrestliing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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That night Helms and James Hunt, 47, the Democrat who hopes to wrest away his seat, met in the second of four scheduled television debates. It was a battle of the Old South vs. the New. Hunt is North Carolina's popular, two-term Governor, an earnest, mild-mannered and moderate Democrat. He favors voluntary school prayer and a sustained military buildup, but supports civil rights and a woman's right to abortion. As Governor he has attracted $13 billion in new business investment, added 207,000 new jobs and raised educational standards through a series of reforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Old South vs. the New | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...convincing win on the road by the two-time defending Ivy League champion Quakers only reinforced the notion that Penn is the early favorite to wrest its third staright league crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pennsylvania 55, Dartmouth 24 | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...Crimson (now 7-6) may have lost some of the momentum of its four-game winning skein, but otherwise would appear in good shape to wrest the number-one raking in New England away from UMass with a victory over Dartmouth at home on Saturday. In the latest poll, the laxmen were ranked a single vote behind the Minutemen, who Harvard beat earlier this season at Amherst...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Adelphi Dumps Laxmen, Ends Crimson Streak | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...tonight at 9 p.m. at Northeastern's Matthews Arena, the women of the Harvard ice hockey team will try for the third straight year to do it--to wrest the Beanpot from a bigger, stronger, faster and more skilled Northeastern team...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icewomen Shoot for the Beans -- Again | 2/17/1984 | See Source »

Just as the White House made ready to battle on Capitol Hill to wrest perhaps as much as $175 million in military funds for the Central American nation, disheartening news came of a daring guerrilla offensive. On two year-end raids, leftist insurgents not only captured and held El Salvador's fourth-largest military base for some eight hours but blew up the Cuscatlan suspension bridge, a span that had come to symbolize 20th century progress for Salvadorans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Battling on Two Fronts | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

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