Word: striker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Finally the momentum of violence and the logic of events results in the death of Nagi Daiffulah, an Arab worker and UFW member who was clubbed to death by a Kern county deputy. One day later, Juan De La Cruz, a 60-year-old striker who had been with the union from its beginning, was shot through the heart by a strikebreaker. Pearey follows Juan's wake and funeral, showing the casket draped in a black flag with the red UFW eagle carried down miles of dusty roads past the fields he struggled for. Mourners stretch far down the road...
...Lewis and Jackson announced titles, Lewis losing his professorial calm and struggling visibly to control his voice, the program moved from MJQ interpretations of jazz standards and blues adaptations of Bach through its own classics-The Golden Striker, The Legendary Profile, Bags' Groove. An expanse of heads nodded rhythmically until a galloping accelerando brought the audience to their feet. The cliche goes that MJQ is a hybrid of jazz and chamber music. Indeed, in their dark business suits, the men looked too sensible to be jazz players. The crowd cheered, not because of virtuosity or precocity, but because...
First year Crimson soccer coach George Ford came up with a few surprises this past season, including a second place finish in the Ivy League behind Brown and a sophomore striker named Lyman Bullard. Bullard was a key factor in leading Harvard to a 5-1-1 Ivy record and his offensive efforts have earned him a spot on the first team All-Ivy squad selected this week by the league coaches...
...constant pressure finally paid off when striker Don Reyter fired for the upper portion of the net. Bryan made a leaping save and the ball rebounded out front...
...minutes Brown brought the ball downfield again and Pereira trapped another pass. In what was the prettiest goal of the game, the Brown striker trapped the ball, settled it, turned and shot it into the opposite corner, all in one motion...