Word: fells
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fresh from their Friday night massacre of Barnard College, the high-flying women cagers fell back to earth Saturday, when a tough Boston College squad ripped a hard-fought contest from the Crimson's hands...
...pounds, Paul Widerman continues to terrorize his opponents with precision timing and a masterful choice of moves. This time Mark Murray fell victim to Widerman's quick succession of single and double legs while suffering an embarrassing first loss of the season...
...sixth team foul, pushing the team into the penalty situation, came with 11:35 remaining, a fact that haunted the squad. Taylor's classy 11-footer kept the gap at four, and Fleming's foul shot brought the Crimson within three at the three-quarter mark before the bottom fell...
...winter's first heavy snow fell on Tehran last week, blocking the streets and prompting one frustrated U.S. newsman to remark: "The angry gods are speaking." Officials in Tehran and Washington were undeniably angry, whatever the disposition of the gods. On charges that their reporting has been "unfair to Iran and its revolution," the 86 remaining American media representatives in the country were expelled; British and Western European correspondents were put on notice that they might be next (see PRESS). The Carter Administration, faced with mounting domestic pressure over the hostages, continued its efforts to organize an international economic...
...PROVERBIAL LAST straw came when Clark introduced a budget that was trumpeted as austere but criticized as unfair. The government fell December 13, and the Tories slated a national election for February 18, the first campaign in the midst of Canada's frigid winter since 1887. Many experts claim that the Tories engineered their downfall. Given Trudeau's resignation and the constant harassment by both the Liberals and the socialist, labor-backed New Democratic Party, (NDP) an election seemed a good time to consolidate Conservative support, catch the Liberals in a tricky interregnum bind, and at the same time blame...