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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bruins mauled the Tigers, 44-16, as Princeton continued to show its inability to win at Palmer Stadium. After Princeton's Pete Funke gamboled 37 yards with an interception for a first quarter TD, the Brown offensive machine got its act together for the first time all year and punched over 44 points in three quarters...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Ivy Roundup: Elis Lose First | 10/10/1978 | See Source »

...still loves to act like a kid, completing the image with her new Betty Boop hairdoo. Despite knee socks, hot pants and t-shirts, there's a maturity in her magnificent voice, a control that has been carefully developed during her days with Peter Asher. Hasten Down the Wind hinted at that sound, and Simple Dreams polished it even further. Ronstadt's newest release, Living in the U.S.A., showcases her versatnity and maintains the melodic mixture that has proven so successful in the past. The album is not her strongest to date, but it does reflect the enormous talent Linda...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Little Linda Grows Up | 10/10/1978 | See Source »

MacLeod got into the act once on Saturday, but in a big way. His diving comeback catch in the third quarter of a Brown toss away from him, moved the Crimson to the Colgate 13 yard line. Five plays later Connors scored Harvard's final touchdown...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Passing Game Aids Balanced Offense | 10/10/1978 | See Source »

...exports supports 30,000 to 40,000 jobs, the cost of the various official "disincentives" to trade is high. Treasury officials reckon that the U.S. loses up to $10 billion a year in sales because of various foreign policy considerations. The Jackson-Vanik amendment to the 1974 Trade Act, for example, denies the most-favored-nation status to the Soviet Union because of its reluctance to grant sufficient emigration visas to Soviet Jews. Moscow claims such restrictions have cost the U.S. $2 billion in sales. Since Carter canceled the sale of a $6.8 million Sperry Rand computer to Tass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Trying to Right the Balance | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...public display of myself at this stage of my life," Papp, 57, began. Then he whipped out a top hat and cane and even mouthed a harmonica. After the finale and a flurry of roses at his feet, the star collapsed in his dressing room and sighed: "I could act Hamlet easier than this any day of the week. This is the pits." Nevertheless, if his one-man show continues to pack them in, Papp could learn to like it. Next pit stop? Jokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 9, 1978 | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

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