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Word: blasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Following Hartung's initial blast, Harvard went on to dominate the remainder of the contest. All four Crimson lines got into the action, and the 18 Harvard players wore out the Eagles' 11-deep roster...

Author: By Kristin Olson, | Title: Icewomen Pummel B.C., 8-1; Joslin Shines in Offensive Fest | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

Regan, never self-effacing, spouts his mind with a mixture of candor and clumsiness. He seems convinced that it is his penchant for essaying pointed jokes, nothing more, that gets him in trouble. He even says that his blast at Robert McFarlane last week for giving "lousy advice" was meant as a "throwaway line." Says he: "I'm going to have to stop being witty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The De Facto President | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

...could dig you a nice cellar hole," he said. "Unless it turns out we have to blast...

Author: By Jerry Doolittle, | Title: On the White House Beat | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

Harvard struck early in the first period when Armstrong tipped in a blast from defenseman Don Sweeney to put the Crimson...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Glide By Princeton, 6-2 | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

Though the blast badly damaged the plane's hydraulic controls, Pilot Ampole Ploymekha somehow righted the aircraft and landed safely at Osaka International Airport. Of the 246 passengers and crew, 62 were injured, five of them seriously. Investigators traced the incident to a yakuza (Japanese gangster) who, it is believed, was trying to hide a hand grenade, purchased in Manila as a "souvenir," in the plane's bathroom when the grenade suddenly exploded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Dangerous Souvenir | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

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