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Word: breaking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...negative split (swim the second half of the race faster than the first)," explained Bernal afterwards. "If he can hold :50s for the last five 100s (the splits needed to go 9:00 in the event), then we think that with the excitement of a big meet he can break that barrier...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Crimson Aquamen Drub Army | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...racquetmen don't play again until after the holiday break when they host Williams on January...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Racquetmen Outgun Army, 9-0 | 12/9/1978 | See Source »

...hoopsters' opening losses to UMass, Bentley and the University of New Hampshire did not faze Kleinfelder, who said her team's break-out was only a matter of time. "All those teams we lost to are top teams, and the fact that we played them has made us a lot better," she said...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Women Hoopsters Top Cornell, Face Ithaca in Tourney Final | 12/9/1978 | See Source »

...started with snow. Most years do; this one was just unusually cooperative. Snow filled January, floating softly through reading period, building up strength and momentum through examinations, inundating semester break. Then came February, with 27 inches of it, and martial law and Army trucks rattling through deserted streets. Snow set the tone for the coming months: this was to be a year of splendid, horrifying, numbing excess...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Remembrance of Things Past | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...said. Eric Clapton has a little number called Backless out, and it sounds somewhat like his last album. Not that the songs are't (comfortably) rocking, well--crafted and often very satisfying, but Clapton used to be one of the finest guitarists around and he just seems unwilling to break out of his safe, self--imposed semi--mediocrity to make that guitar sizzle...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Rock and Roll Christmas | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

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