Search Details

Word: frees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...would be nice to believe that measures producing largely symbolic impact will impress the Soviet Union enough to block further aggression, will reassure non-aligned nations that their territorial integrity is taken seriously. But the end result--a successful and largely cost-free Soviet annexation of another nation--will destroy any of the long range hopes for peace that proponents of economic measures alone may hope to gain. Instead of encouraging peace, such an outcome will highlight the benefits of war. While it is imperative that the U.S. must not force a cold war, us-against-them military confrontation...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: A Necessary Step | 1/9/1980 | See Source »

Since losing Tony Perez in last fall's free agent draft, Montreal lacks depth at first base, and Stenhouse added "I think that's what they're looking...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Expos Pick Stenhouse Fourth in Draft | 1/9/1980 | See Source »

January 10: Vietnam mounts offensive against remaining Khmer Rouge guerillas, overrun Thailand, China re-invades Vietnam. Dalai Lama urges India to sieze opportunity to free Tibet by invading China. Sen. Edward Kennedy releases a statement condemning China and Vietnam, but noting that Pol Pot's government had murdered millions of Cambodians prior to Vietnamese intervention. Opinion polls next day reveal that Kennedy slips a further ten per cent against President Carter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Short Decade Begins | 1/8/1980 | See Source »

What happened next, though, was neither expected nor welcome. Maureen Gildea suffered her first loss of the year in the 500 free, managing only second place in a mediocre 5:13.08. Brown's Carol Downey won the event...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Crimson Aquawomen Torpedo Bruins; Barton, Smith Shine in 78-53 Victory | 1/8/1980 | See Source »

...next event, the 200 free, showed that the aquawomen weren't about to give up, with Norma Barton winning the first of her three individual events in 1:58.12. Teammate Terri Frick finished just six-tenths of a second behind, and Harvard only trailed...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Crimson Aquawomen Torpedo Bruins; Barton, Smith Shine in 78-53 Victory | 1/8/1980 | See Source »

First | Previous | 1736 | 1737 | 1738 | 1739 | 1740 | 1741 | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | Next | Last