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Word: broking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson's Dorris Woolery, who had run into foul trouble early in the game and eventually fouled out, broke the dry spell with a bucket off a steal to rekindle Harvard's attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopsters Fall in IAB Opener As Wildcats Squeak by, 62-59 | 12/6/1978 | See Source »

...coach Frank McLaughlin about the technical foul straw that broke the Crimson camel's back last night before 8759 screaming South Carolinians, and you'll probably hear a very hoarse explanation for Harvard's 85-71 loss to the unbeaten (4-0) Gamecocks...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Gamecocks Top Crimson; Rally Fails In 85-71 Loss | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

...spurred his moribund party into a powerbroker's position in the House of Commons after Britain's 1974 general elections-and then resigned as leader two years later, after Scott made a courtroom claim of his sexual liaison. Thorpe repeatedly denied the accusation, but the storm finally broke last August, when formal charges were laid against the quartet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: In the Arena | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...voice, which is the high vibrato that elementary school music teachers and maiden aunts usually have. Luckily, Kate, who has a lower, richer voice, sings lead vocals in most numbers. In fact, she easily outdoes Linda Ronstadt in "Just Another Broken Heart," a real you've-gone-and-broke-my-heard-and-I-just-can't-live-without-you song. Suprisingly, Kate, who wrote Ronstadt's big hit, "Heart Like a Wheel," didn't write this one; David Nitchern did. And as well composed and well-arranged as this song is (the concluding strings are striking), it just...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: From Canada With Love | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...alley-oop play and a breakaway basket to capture a four-point lead early in the second half. Once the score reached 70-67 in Harvard's favor with ten minutes remaining in the contest, both teams suffered a five-minute scoring drought until a Bentley field goal broke the ice, setting the stage for Fine's defensive masterpiece...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Hoopsters Knock Off Bentley, Netting First Win of Season | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

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