Word: bowling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coach Bill McCurdy was flu-ridden and did not make the trek to New Jersey. For McCurdy, and the ailing members of his squad who did not make the trip and had to content themselves with sprints for the porcelain bowl, it was a dismal end to a dismal season...
...zero, motorists pulled to sides of roads, and highways were ordered closed. At week's end the dust had blown over the southeastern states, turning the sky a milky yellow. To many worried Westerners, the worst dust storm in some 20 years brought back memories of the Dust Bowl, a disaster that could recur if there is no dramatic break in the lingering and worsening drought...
...Sunday, opposition was provided by McDonald College from Montreal in what one player described as "the Hangover Bowl." The contest ended in a 0-0 stalemate...
That's when I made my getaway. Up the stairs past the sleeping boneless chicken, past a bowl of goldfish knitting woolen sweaters, past a lobster wearing a bib that said "Kosher," and out into the yard, where I hid in six-foot tall blades of grass which were reading copies of Pravda. I made it to my car, but to my chagrin, it was being eaten--by the very dog whose invitation to whist I had foolishly declined earlier in the afternoon...
...leaving only by switching their TV sets from hockey and basketball games to Roots. In all, some 130 million Americans watched at least part of the series. Seven of the eight episodes ranked among the Top Ten in all-time TV ratings (the other three: this year's Super Bowl, Parts 1 and 2 of Gone With the Wind). The last episode drew an audience of 80 million, smashing the record set last November by the first half of GWTW, which told much the same story but from the other side and smothered in magnolia blossoms...