Word: slides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...victory, the Crimson's first away from Briggs Athletic Center since February 16, 1985, snapped a three-game Harvard slide and evened the squad's Ancient Eight mark at 3-3 (8-9 overall...
Will the budget slashes affect the war on drugs? "We do not think there will be any effect," said White House Spokesman Larry Speakes. "If you buy the books, the chalk and blackboards and slide show this year, you probably don't need them again next year." Administration officials claim, as the President has emphasized, that the war is best fought primarily with moral rectitude and inspirational leadership, and only secondarily with money...
...Land -- this part of the West Coast, as its nicknames imply, has long been stuck with the reputation of a cultural slide area where not much is deep, permanent or altogether serious. This is the price of being the world's fantasy mill. Its origins lie in the fierce distrust of popular culture (which Los Angeles epitomizes) among New York City intellectuals of the '40s and '50s. In fact, one can make a most impressive list of contemporary Los Angeles artists, from Richard Diebenkorn to the young < sculptor Mark Lere. But what the city lacked was the sense of layering...
...victory halted a two-game cager slide and upped Harvard's record to 5-6 on the year. The Crimson, which needs just one more triumph in its remaining 15 contests to match last year's six-win total, is now 5-0 at home and 0-6 away from Cambridge...
Every season brought something to celebrate. A breathtaking slide in oil prices made gasoline cheaper than it had been since 1979. Inflation fell so low that it actually ran backward for several months. Even the tax system, of all things, changed for the better when Congress delivered a historic reform law that will lower rates for most consumers and wipe out many of the loopholes long enjoyed by businesses and wealthier Americans. Meanwhile, Government investigators cracked down on Wall Street's insider traders, who had been reaping outrageous profits at the expense of ordinary investors...