Word: finalize
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Republican Party plays out the final ceremony of nominating Ronald Reagan this week, there will be supporting roles for the handful of men who fought against him and lost. The television cameras will again broadcast their images, they will make their speeches, and one of them might even become the vice-presidential nominee. They will all praise Ronald Reagan, but in their hearts they all once thought themselves his better...
...failed to anticipate the outburst of public criticism. The New York Times accused the VA of "trampling on the final resting places." "Let them rest in peace," said the Washington Post...
...President pitched with intensity. He got one hit, a double, in five trips to the plate. He also walked once and once reached first with the help of an uncounted error. The final score was 13 to 3, and despite the heat Carter insisted on playing all nine innings. Said Billy: "It's the first thing he's won in so damn long, it's time he won something...
...between Cuban and Colombian smugglers. Miami is more prosperous than ever, but those who live there know it is a decadent prosperity, that of a civilization that has lost its way and can find security only in the worship of gold. It is as if Miamians were playing the final scene of an epic morality play in which, led astray by egocentrism, complacency, and boundless greed, those who dreamed of Miami as the tropical Zion destroyed the dream for themselves and for others. As a Coral Gables schoolteacher said after reading reports of the McDuffie riots, "We've got trouble...
...final, the rain held off as Borg and America's McEnroe hooked up in an epic five-set, four-hour confrontation. McEnroe, 21, reached Centre Court by knocking off Jimmy Connors in a stormy semifinal the previous day. Against Borg, however, he was the picture of decorum-and skill-as he fought back brilliantly. After sleepwalking through the first set and losing 6-1, Borg won the next two and in the fourth set was only a point away from winning the championship no fewer than seven times. But McEnroe held him off again and again, finally winning...