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Word: 24th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nonviolence, a 900-page history of the technique, sat down with 30 CDAS supporters a few weeks four-hour bull session that ranged from the mindlessly specific ("what about small boltcutters?") to the vaguely grand. Stricter non-violence was more effective, Sharp said, than the tactics planned for the 24th. Not more moral, or more Christian, or more in tune with nature, but more effective...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Turning the Other Cheek | 5/13/1980 | See Source »

...doubts arose about Rosie's remarkable physical condition and stunning time: 2 hr. 31 min. 56 sec. Nobody remembered seeing her, except near the finish line; two Harvard students insisted they watched her join the pack half a mile away. Doubts also arose, as a result, about her 24th-place finish in the 1979 New York Marathon. Rechecked finish-line video tapes showed no Ruiz, although a computer had checked in her number. Rosie tearfully insisted she had run both races. Embarrassed Boston officials nevertheless contemplated another crowning ceremony for the next woman finisher, Jacqueline Gareau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 5, 1980 | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

...Harvard Classics, the basketball-team-cum-way-of-life, cruised to its 24th win against just three losses, sedating the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers Down Dartmouth, 71-62; Fleming Soars for 24 More | 2/27/1980 | See Source »

Harvard may meet B.C. again on February 24th during the second round of the Women's Beanpot at Bright (The Crimson meet B.U. in round one on the 23rd). With any luck, the second annual tournament will allow Harvard to prove that last night marked the final segment of this season's frustrating drama...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: B.C. Outscores Crimson; Ice women Drop Ninth | 2/13/1980 | See Source »

...Carril's Harvard jinx held; his victory was his 24th out of 25 contests in his 13 years at the Princeton helm...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Tigers Edge Crimson | 2/9/1980 | See Source »

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