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Word: ackley (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...founding documents of American adolescence, I guess--and an early source of the baby boom's self-image of sanctified youth. I was startled to find an exchange I had forgotten. Holden Caulfield, being expelled from prep school, is wearing a long-billed red hat. A pimply kid named Ackley jeers at it, saying it's a "deer shooting hat." "Like hell it is," Holden replies. He squints, as if taking aim. "This is a people shooting hat. I shoot people in it." Holden is kidding, of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Boys and the Bees | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard's Kane Waller provided coverage that was just too tight, and Ackley was ruled out of bounds...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: Big Plays Make Difference | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...Ackley hauled in the pigskin, and for a moment, it looked as if the gamble had paid...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: Big Plays Make Difference | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

Barber hooked up with Health Ackley for a 20-yard pass for Yale's second touchdown of the fourth quarter after Tony Kim recovered a John Lafferty onside kick at the Harvard 46-yard line...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Harvard Triumphs in The Game, 26-21 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...decision in the second quarter undid the Elis. Trailing 7-zip, Cozza decided to go for it on fourth-and-eight at the Harvard 40-yard line. Quarterback Blake Kendall connected to Ackley, but Ackley had his feet out of bounds...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Harvard Triumphs in The Game, 26-21 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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