Word: bested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Penn fullback Glenn Etter thwarted Harvard's best opportunity with just ten minutes left in the game. Mogollan seemed to have a break-away as he ran onto a beautiful pass from Smith near the edge of the penalty box. Only a superb left-footed tackle from behind by Etter saved Tabak from what would have been his toughest test...
...other energy producers, giving them even greater control of our energy future, while doing almost nothing to help increase energy production. Eleven oil companies already own 25 per cent of the coal industry, according to a September 1979 issue of Business Week, and are beginning to buy up the best small solar firms, jeopardizing the future of competition in the energy field...
...when the Eagles get off the ground, they soar. Joe Walsh spits out "In the City," perhaps the best cut on the album, with an anger that eclipses the past "Take It Easy" style of social commentary. The song works because it's a logical evolution from the old sound--not a self-conscious deviation from it. And in "King of Hollywood," Henley and Glenn Frey reiterate the old themes, but without the Hotel California gloss; this one is straightforward and un-hyped...
...what he calls "freaks" -the "Superwomen" of the sport, of whom there are about 50 in the U.S.-and the "average" female body builder. Most participants fall into the second category: women who work out just enough to compete in body-building contests where top prize goes to the best-proportioned, shapeliest and firmest body. Women can easily take off a few pounds in the first month after they start working out, says Tim Kimber, general manager of Gold's. But to qualify for competition they must buckle down to rigorous, five-times-a-week training. "Women can actually...
...before the union was made legal in 1915. During Il Duce's rise and reign from 1922 to 1943, Donna Rachele remained at home, keeping house and rearing their five children. After the dictator was shot by partisans and hanged by the heels along with Claretta Petacci, his best-known mistress, his destitute widow returned to her native Forli. There she battled successfully for her right to a government pension, the Christian burial of Mussolini's remains and the return of many former possessions. She also ran a restaurant-inn for the past 15 years. Said she: "With...