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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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McNulty will be back in the lineup after a little rest and relaxation. Logan who is suffering from shingles, is still a question mark, and his status will not be determined until immediately preceding the meet...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Men Harriers Cruise By Brown, 22-35 | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

...tiresome. As a new principal, with two obnoxiously unfunny hall monitors in tow, takes over Vince Lombardi and tries to restore order, you might consider buying popcorn or ducking into the theater next door to watch well-scrubbed adolescent girls in Peppermint Soda. Just make sure you're back in your seat by the time Joey Ramone snaps, "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" and launches into "Blitzkrieg Bop," because the ten-minute Ramones set is the movie's best part...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: A Lot of Pounding | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

...stairs and moseys off stage convincingly enough, but the Texas Tally Wackers--the "orchestra"--drown out her songs. She's still a pretty classy old whore, and does her best to compensate for a script crammed full of non-sequiturs. The storyline slips readily from bathos to pathos and back again...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Dead Solid Texas | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

...then there were the "veteran" sophomores of this relatively young team who came through with wins. Cool Kris Mertz (who makes Chris Evert look hyperactive), last year's fifth singles champ, came back to take the sixth singles champ, came back to take the sixth singles crown with a strong service game, stopping Kathy Cutler...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Netwomen Capture GBC Title | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

Going by the mile with a split of 4:33 (their fastest of the season), Eichner and Murphy controlled the pace and the Bruins were never even close. Scidmore, running his best race ever as a collegiate, zipped by the co-leaders during the fourth mile. He slipped back to third again, when his legs suddenly "became leaden" and ended up 10 seconds behind the front runners...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Men Harriers Cruise By Brown, 22-35 | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

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