Word: plugging
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Radio is peculiarly well suited to talk shows," he observes. "That is, if you have a guest who can talk. William Shatner and Persis Khambatta came on to plug Star Trek--The Motion Picture. I didn't see the film. They didn't want the press to see a screening--the assholes...
Despite a post-election rescue attempt by Carter, the Senate still may end up pulling the plug on a negotiating process that is at least as important to the U.S. as it is to the Soviet Union...
...like last week against Army, when Delgadillo and Mike Jacobs shut down Army's much-heralded target, Mike Fahnestock, the secondary played a pivotal role in the triumph. Perhaps because of the muddy conditions, Harvard lineman and linebackers couldn't penetrate, so it was left to the secondary to plug the gaps...
...with good reason. At 3:01 a.m., as technicians gave up trying to plug the leak and began climbing from the silo, the mixture of fuel and oxygen exploded. Orange flames and smoke spewed out, lighting up the sky over Damascus. The blast blew off a 750-ton concrete cover. One worker was killed; 21 others were hurt...
...coach Joe Restic says, "If we can stay healthy, we'll be three." A superlative defensive line and a wealth of talented signal-callers should prove the greatest Crimson strengths, and while the squad has some holes to plug, Restic's charges always manage to be competitive...