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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Marshall for a 14-yd. gain and his first varsity completion. (Buchanan finished at 6-13 for 86 yards on the day.) Working to the right on countless pitchouts to Connors, Harvard rolled to the UMass 16. Then the penalty flag appeared again. An inelligible receiver downfield sent Harvard back to the 34 and ended the drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Penalizes Crimson, 20-7 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

Just as in the darkest days of 1932 when fate gave America its great leader F.D.R., we now have a second opportunity to elect the one man who can bring our country back from the depths of despair. It will be a tragedy if the Republicans fail to nominate-and the electorate fails to elect-John B. Connally as our next President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 1, 1979 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...dastardly murder of Lord Mountbatten [Sept. 10] and his 15-year-old grandson has shocked the civilized world. The act only serves to set back any real solution to Ireland's problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 1, 1979 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...month to produce the 2,000 tons of ore needed to yield one 401-oz. bar that is "four nines," or 99.99% pure gold. But they will never see any of it. Even so, says fellow Miner Dan Cooper, a big Dakota farm boy lately turned miner: "People back home are always asking, 'How much did you get?' They think you just pick the stuff up and put it in your pocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Dakota: Gold Diggers of '79 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...Governor George Busbee, New York Lieutenant Governor Mario Cuomo and California State Treasurer Jesse Unruh. The politicians urged the President to declare his candidacy at once to keep support from slipping to his rival. "Kennedy needs to know what he's up against," said Alexander. Advised Cuomo: "Holding back just clouds the Carter record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Out to Stop Kennedy | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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