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Word: asking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Three student organizations today will ask students to donate clothing for Rosie's Place, a shelter for needy women in South Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Groups to Hold Clothing Drive | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

CRIMSON SPLASHES: Sentiments varied over the controversial new policy of running swimming and diving events concurrently. Swimming buffs like it "cause you don't have to sit through the diving," while afficionados feel that "divers don't get the attention they deserve." It is one thing to ask the divers to perform during a long race (like the 1650) while the crowd is relatively quiet, but quite another to expect them to be able to concentrate through the turmoil of crowd noise at finishes and starts and during public address announcements of events. The divers deserve better treatment than that...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Lundberg and Crimson Fleet Sink Naval Academy, 72-41 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...charmingly unassuming but determined woman, Mrs. Shaak coaxes doctors to visit the Life and Death class. The relentless children ask them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: A Life and Death Class | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...hotly defending his record as president of Boston University [B.U.] before a crowded press conference. His face is ashen and his teeth are gritted, but his voice never breaks as he makes point after point in firm, measured tones. As he pauses for emphasis, a student heckler interrupts to ask a pointed question. Silber whips his head around and shuts the student up with an ice-cold stare and a reminder that it is he, Silber, who is holding the press conference. Then, without losing pace, Silber plunges back into his statement, speaking in those same firm tones...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: John R. Silber: War and Peace at Boston University | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

Curry and Carle sent a letter to other Ivy captains urging them to ask the EAIAW to hold the opening round of its tourney a week later for Ivy League teams that qualify...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Women Cagers Aim For Title | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

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