Word: tilting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about, Khomeini has so far had remarkably little effect on the nature of Iran's universities. Only about 5% of the professors and administrators were purged for ties with the Shah. Since the revolution, faculty and staff have formed joint councils to run many of the schools. The tilt is definitely to the left, whether Islamic or Marxist...
...only Harvard House to score a goal in the four soccer matches played yesterday, but they lost to Pierson anyway, 2-1. Eliot and Adams were both involved in scoreless ties, while the Lowell booters dropped their first match of the season, 1-0, in the championship tilt...
...only showdown between haves is the Cornell (3-1)-Yale (4-0) tilt in Ithaca. Yale's defense has rivalled the Ayatollah's for cruelty, allowing only 25 points so far in Ivy play on an average of 141 yards per game...
Previous chairmen had decidedly political leanings: Arthur Burns, appointed by Nixon, was known as a Republican, and Miller had been active in Democratic affairs as a businessman. Volcker, who is a Democrat, is resolutely nonpartisan. Observes Brimmer: "He's simply not going to tilt for or against the White House because of party affiliation. Paul's much more likely to maintain some distance...
Heroics and histrionics marked Pittsburgh's year. Theirs was a disco-inferno season, a full-tilt boogie race for the pennant punctuated by the psyching-up war whoops of All-Star Rightfielder Dave Parker, the ego-deflating insults of Garner and the popping of corks by Team Captain Stargell, the oenophile first baseman. Typical play: a Pirate crashes a three-run home run to win an eleven-inning game. Typical congratulatory byplay: "Way to go, [bleep]!" "Thank you, [bleep]!" Other teams may deem it necessary to fine players to ensure promptness at the ballpark; the Pittsburgh locker room throbs...