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Word: 21st (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...racquetmen, by defeating Penn 7-2 at Hemenway on Saturday, moved within one victory of Barnaby's 20th national and 21st Ivy championship, and only Yale remains between the Crimson and these titles (not to mention an unbeaten record), which is like saying that Jean-Pierre Coopman posed a serious threat...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Racquetmen All but Win National Title... | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

...colonialism. As recently as last year, he wrote in the Observer that fuel shortages might well lead to authoritarian governments in the West, but he added hopefully that "a society that is declining materially may be ascending spiritually." Indeed, his view of the future became almost mystical: "In the 21st century, human life is going to be a unity again in all its aspects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Vision of God's Creation | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

Some of the strength behind Ellison's vision of the 21st century remains in the movie. It is a vision not too removed from the present, which adds to its power: rape poses a constant threat in the United States of 1975, food is becoming scarce in many areas of the world, the desire for a return to a Golden Age of order surfaces in the editorials of small town newspapers, and the possibility of nuclear war and its aftermath has been a reality since Hiroshima. Unfortunately, the other strength of Ellison's novella, his brilliant characterization of Blood, becomes...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: If Dogs Run Free... | 10/23/1975 | See Source »

Campbell placed 16th and was followed by sophomore Eddie Blades, who had "a fantastic time today," according to McCurdy. Equally encouraging was the performance of Will Brownsberger, an unknown until this week, who finished 21st...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Quakers, Columbia Force Harriers to Their Knees | 10/4/1975 | See Source »

...week: "After a certain point, I think they were resigned to the fact that she wasn't going to turn herself in." To get away from "painful memories," the Hearsts moved into an apartment on San Francisco's Nob Hill; it was Feb. 20-Patty's 21st birthday. On Sept. 1, Randolph Hearst stepped down as editor and publisher of the Examiner; he remains the paper's president and chairman of the Hearst Corp., which controls eight newspapers as well as Cosmopolitan, Popular Mechanics, Good Housekeeping and many other publishing properties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Family's Ordeal | 9/29/1975 | See Source »

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