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Word: backups (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once again the big question on offense centers on the quarterback position. Cozza will have to choose his third quarterback in as many years from among a field of two: '78 backup Dennis Dunn and rifle armed sophomore John Rogan...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Brown Has Size and Experience To Capture Ivy Football Title; Dartmouth, Yale Also Strong | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...very least, Restic needs a dependable backup defensive tackle and end, some extra linebackers and a more stable lineup in the corners, depleted by the graduation of defensive halfbacks Steve Potysman and Fred Cordova...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Wouldn't It Be Nice If... | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...electric version, in which Crazy Horse--Young's old backup band restored--bleats out a barbaric triplet after each line, sounds eerily nihilistic, as though Young were trying to convince himself that his alternately cliched and obscure lyrics could lead him to some Fountain of Youth for him and his coevals...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: My Generation, Past Thirty | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

...into a hole so deep that they are having trouble getting out. In 1976 giant mechanical moles began work on the largest public works project in the nation: 131 miles of tunnel shafts, reservoirs and pumping stations. The network was designed to drain off rainwater and thus combat sewer backup and subsequent flooding of basements and overflow into the area's reservoirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Americana, Jun. 25, 1979 | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

...their present benefits. Second, the large majority of the employed will be assured of the availability of adequate private insurance protection. Third, those who are part of the residual marketplace, and not already covered, may choose to have the Federal Government serve, in some instances, as a financial backup, in contracting with the private insurance companies for catastrophic coverage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 18, 1979 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

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