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Word: absent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Absent players, tiebreakers, and three set matches that stretched on past dinnertime almost turned an expected jaunt in New Hampshire into a disaster as the Harvard women's tennis team barely squeezed past a surprisingly strong UNH squad...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Netwomen Edge UNH As Darkness Curtails Play | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

...armed camp may be beginning to abate. The fights are far fewer and disciplinary suspensions are way down over last year. At the same time, state troopers still patrol the hallways of Southie High. Still, observers estimate that as many as one-third of the enrolled students are absent from the school each day. The mood of Southie High administrators, then, might well be termed one of cautious optimism...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: Hanging Tight on Thomson's Island | 10/20/1977 | See Source »

Injuries, bad weather, and enemy strategy: it all adds up, except for one thing. The absent element, however, was supplied by coach McCurdy, who said, "The deciding factor was that Dartmouth was there...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Dartmouth Reigns Over Harvard, 17-40 | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

...company when he was still in his 40s. He has no regrets. About 4% of his 12,000 employees are 65 or over, and the company says they perform just as well as, if not better than, their juniors. "The forgetfulness of a younger person is called absent-mindedness," says Gerald L. Maguire, director of corporate services for Bankers Life. "But when a person 70 years old forgets, it is called senility. However, we are tough about requiring a good day's work. We don't think the senior citizens want to be crutched in any special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, the Revolt of the Old | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...figure who resolves all of life's dilemmas by retreating to adolescence. Despite Denner's amusingly self-effacing performance, it is hard to care about him or, worse still, the women he damages along his selfish way. Truffaut's vulnerability and sweet tragic sense are strangely absent here; this film is just depressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quick Cuts | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

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