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Word: blasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...everything was different. A physics student lay dead in the ruins of the Army Math Research Center and the brothers, Karleton and Dwight Armstrong, who had engineered the blast, were on the run from the FBI. The fresh-faced students from the surrounding Wisconsin dairy farms were gone; in their place stood experienced guerrillas trashing bank windows and planning immediate, total revolution. Nobody, not even the frat boys, cared about football anymore...

Author: By Deirdre M. Donahue, | Title: The Madison Front | 10/18/1979 | See Source »

...terrorist group, he is tentatively accepted by the crazies, nine distinctly characterized men and women who have come to mania from all over the map. After a harrowing indoctrination, "Dads," as the kids call him, finds out that they have blown his cover. He has no choice but to blast his way out, killing all his captors-and nearly blowing his mind. It is the most intense and savage narrative that MacDonald has ever written. As for McGee, he recovers in time quite nicely in the arms of an old flame, en route home to Miss Agnes and The Busted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Mid-Life Surge of McGee | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...moonlighted as a pep team, the new squad takes its cheerleading responsibilities seriously: practices two times a week, behind the stadium and in the IAB special exercise room. But so far its conscientiousness has gone unappreciated by many. Its first time out, the band let forth with a jeering blast, then rolled up their pants legs, wrapped their ties around their heads and minced their way through a burlesque routine. The cheerleaders were not amused...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Diaz crashed through alone later in the half, but tried to blast a shot high into the goal and sailed it over...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Booters Knot Amherst, 1-1 | 10/11/1979 | See Source »

...momentary defensive lapse allowed Husky sophomore Pedro DeBrito to take a lead pass from Jim Lyman, break away from the pack, and blast the ball through Blood for the final score of the afternoon with 6:49 remaining in the first half...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: UConn Sneaks Past Booters | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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