Word: balled
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Once upon a time, the nation's leaders tried to exorcise the deficit devil with a frightful fairy tale: if they couldn't find the wisdom and courage to reduce spending and raise revenue themselves, a crude wrecking ball would knock many billions from government programs. The threat of an indiscriminate "sequester" of funds, the story went, would be so politically devastating as to scare the government into facing its fiscal responsibilities. That fantasy, in the form of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act five years ago, projected a balanced budget by fiscal 1991, which begins Oct. 1. But the brutal...
...TOWN in southeastern Connecticut has earned the stereotype of being ridiculously wealthy and old world. There is an annual debutante ball, a high percentage of prep school students, and a number of country clubs that tacitly discriminate against all non-Wasps...
...take the pressure off our defense by controlling the ball," Restic said. "It's unfair to that group when you don't get the ball going, when you don't control the ball and keep them off the field...
Junior fullback Cal Johnson leads the Huskies running attack with 99 yards on 27 carries. Northeastern's other offensive threat is Daponde, who has run the ball 25 times in the first two games. Halfback Tony Morgan leads the team with four receptions...
...Northeastern has been dominated on the ground, 660 to 287 yards. This plays right into Restic's hands. With the insertion of Lazarre-White at quarterback, the Crimson's strength will be geared even more towards the running game and controlling the ball. In the option offense, Lazarre-White will be able to dish the ball to senior running backs Andy Bell, Bert Smyers and Chuck Greene...