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Word: behind (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Penn finished 5.5 seconds behind Yale to finish third, just one second ahead of California-Berkeley. The University of British Columbia and California-Santa Barbara rounded out the top six in the early-season warmup for all squads...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard Crews Cruise in San Diego | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...Being behind at first really hurt us,"Mitzenmacher said. "We had to try and catch...

Author: By Nicholas N. Branca, | Title: Harvard Garners Bridge Title | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...white wall above the heads of these people were as bare as a baby's newborn behind. No nativity scenes. No crosses hung outward from the wall at an angle. And no clocks. Thompson was notorious for his disregard for time, which may or may not have something to do with his declining congregation in recent years. He had the queer belief that the Lord's word was too large to be contained between a regular amount of time each week, and Thompson was once moved enough to speak on Mark 1: 6-7 for an hour-and-three-quarters...

Author: By Bentley Boyd, | Title: That No-Time Jackson Religion | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...railroad country in the world," says Woody Vinson, who by this time certainly should know. He is gazing over a plate of Traditional Trainman's French Toast, past the plastic yellow rose, out the window of the dining car of the California Zephyr as it leaves Salt Lake City behind and makes for the mountains. The tables are full of people ignoring their breakfast, a comment less on the quality of the food than on the galactic beauty of the scene outside. Vinson and his wife Lois are on their way home to Memphis the long, old-fashioned way: across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: America Gets Back on Track | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

...phone to Griffin Co. President Michael Nigris, who directs 100 employees in New York City. Griffin the businessman is a tougher character than the talk-show host who sympathetically listened to an endless parade of guests. To beat Donald Trump, Griffin will have to be as aggressive behind the scenes as he was agreeable in front of the camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Talk Shows to Takeovers | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

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