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Word: balled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Late in the fourth quarter Yale center Matt Dolan blocked a Flach punt in the endzone and Mark Hammersmith fell on the ball for the final tally of the game...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Bulldogs Shut Out Freshmen and J.V. | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

MacLeod's brand of football is just as opportunistic as his sales pitch. He lacks great size or speed but he has a knack of finding the seam in zone defenses that he attributes to the perspective he gained while playing quarterback. His ability to catch the ball under pressure would undoubtedly earn him the nickname "the wee ice mon" if he played on the Isle of Skye eleven...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The M(a)cLeod 'Brothers': Nos. 23 and 43 Are OK | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

...teammates, acknowledging that St. Louis keeps the ball and shoots much of the time during the game, are quick to defend their squad's offensive sparkplug. As one player said, "Sue really enjoys taking someone one-on-one. She doesn't look for the easy pass...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: St. Louis: Modesty Tempers Success | 11/15/1978 | See Source »

...comfort from the West at the moment. I think Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's recent trip to Pretoria, as reported, was a grave setback to black liberation in South Africa. He is reported to have told Pieter Botha, the new Prime Minister, that if South Africa plays ball over Namibia, the U.S. will tone down its criticism of apartheid. If that is so, it means that bargaining for a million Namibians is at the cost of more than 20 million South African victims of apartheid. Generally, this whole flurry of diplomatic activity, trying to bring the South African government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Investment in South Africa: Donald Woods Speaks Out | 11/15/1978 | See Source »

...Louis knows the value of that work with her brother. Playing one-on-one with him developed the ball-handling skills that have made her Harvard's most reliable and tricky dribbler. But the oldest of three sisters in a family of nine children says that summer, more than anything, made her "fall in love" with soccer...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: St. Louis: Modesty Tempers Success | 11/15/1978 | See Source »

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