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Word: bells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Maybe more fans will show at Soldiers Field to see future members of the Bell or the Storm or the Fire, providing the WFL hangs on, but that is a doubtful lure. Harvard fans are not so easily conned...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Harvard Athletics: A Casual Romance | 9/1/1974 | See Source »

...W.F.L. has its own woes from a scandal that surfaced recently when officials of the Philadelphia Bell and the Jacksonville Sharks confessed to hyperinflating attendance figures with a mass giveaway of tickets. Some 44,000 freebies were handed out to Shark fans for the team's first two home games. A whopping 100,000 went to Bell spectators. "The second game was on TV," explained Bell Executive Vice President Barry Leib shortly before his 48-hour suspension by League Founder-Commissioner Gary Davidson. "How would it have looked if no one was there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Gaining a Cleathold | 8/26/1974 | See Source »

...surprisingly, the new league has introduced a mini-galaxy of new stars. Bell Quarterback Jim ("King") Corcoran, a castoff from five N.F.L. teams, has finally found a home in Philadelphia with his shrewd passing game. In Birmingham, Matthew Reed, a black quarterback from Grambling, replaced the injured George Mira for two games and coolly led the undefeated Americans to late fourth-quarter wins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Gaining a Cleathold | 8/26/1974 | See Source »

...Philadelphia Eagles signed Richie Szaro '71 as a free agent this week after he was cut from the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League on Monday. Szaro will back up veteran place kicker Tom Dempsey, a spokesman for the Eagles said yesterday...

Author: By Joy Horowitz, | Title: Philadelphia Eagles Sign Alumnus To Back Up Dempsey as Place Kicker | 8/16/1974 | See Source »

...neck, in a mound of sand. In spite of her tortuous condition Winnie maintains a constant banter of praise for her life, always hitting upon one thing or another that is "wonderful" about her circumstances. Her day, the start of which is signaled by a mysterious bell, is begun with a prayer, almost too ironical, "to a world without end, amen...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: What Winnie Finds Wonderful | 8/16/1974 | See Source »

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