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Word: badly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Otto Eckstein, Warburg Professor of Economics and chief lecturer in Ec 10, credited the nation's poor economic health with spurring this latest surge of interest in the course. "When the economy is going bad, our enrollment jumps," he said...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Everybody Seems to Love Ec 10 | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

Henry Kissinger is tough to take before breakfast. Not surprising, really: bad news is most unsettling to an empty stomach, and, as millions of Americans will likely agree, Henry Kissinger is bad news. That's undoubtedly why so many millions of Americans, myself included, will read only the sports page before breakfast. Without Henry, the scrambled eggs sit so much more easily. And everybody knows that Henry never pops up on the sports page...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Amazing 'Doctor K' | 10/13/1978 | See Source »

...Columbia game he lucked out with a 67-yard grounder. Six kicks for a 36.2-yard average on the day -- not a bad start. But MacMurray doesn't deal in averages. He says he remembers that the kicks were low, and two were especially wobbly, mediocre punts...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Trying to Get the Hang (Time) of It | 10/13/1978 | See Source »

...praise for his punter, pointing out MacMurray's dedication toward trying for improvement. Yet MacMurray himself is as candid as anyone in assessing his own abilities. Sure he's averaging 35.0 yards per punt now -- the same average Jim Curry finished with last year -- but there's still the bad punts, the low ones that go 18 yards...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Trying to Get the Hang (Time) of It | 10/13/1978 | See Source »

...coach in Larry Costello. The Bucks are a year and a center other than Kent Benson away from winning it all. Indiana lost two of its best players (Dan Roundfield and Earl Tatum), leaving none. The Kings finally have all American Phil Ford under contract. Not bad for the worst team in the league...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Little Hoop, Lots of Hoopla | 10/12/1978 | See Source »

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