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Word: adamancy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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What do Ma's apple pie, Geoff Stiles, John Chafee, Adam Dixon, hot dogs, Thad McNulty and John Murphy have in common? They are all All-American...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Stiles Captures Pole Vault at NCAAs | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Club executives estimate 15 people have left the organization since Marvin took over in September. "Statistically, the number is higher than ever," Adam M. Finkel '79, Glee Club secretary, said. "We've personally tried hard to find everyone's reasons for dropping out... We're not in any trouble, though, and we're not hurting for people." Wheadon, however, said the number of dropouts this year is not excessive. "We generally accept a certain number of people keeping in mind that by spring tour we want to have a group of about 50," he explained...

Author: By Cynthia A. Torres, | Title: The Harvard Glee Club: Life After F. John Adams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...even in a winter paradise these days, things are seldom what they seem. When Adam and Eve first stumbled out of the Garden, Adam supposedly turned to his partner and remarked, "My dear, we live in an age of transition." The same can be said of Dartmouth today. And of its carnival, which has figured in the romantic or rowdy reveries of Dartmouth men for decades. It all goes back to 1909. That was the year, at least, when an inventive sophomore named Fred Harris (class of 1911) first urged the formation of a ski-and-snowshoe club to organize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: In Hanover: The Big Green Battle of the Sexes | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Number two Scott Walker, the only Crimson player to take his match in straight sets, totally dominated Adam Brock. Pulling ahead early, he used his patented service return to break Brock's serve repeatedly and finish him off in less than an hour...

Author: By Steven A. Herzenberg, | Title: Curley's Win in Tie Breaker Gives Netmen First '79 Win | 3/6/1979 | See Source »

Murphy, John Chafee. Thad McNulty, and Adam Dixon all qualified for the IC4As individually but chose to run only the relay in hopes that by not doubling they would have a greater chance of qualifying for the nationals in the relay...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Thinclads Ninth at IC4As; Stiles, Relay Team Shine | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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