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Word: broking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Botha prepared to give his acceptance speech, the crowd broke into a chant: "We want Pik, we want Pik. . ." They were shouting for Roelof F. ("Pik") Botha, 46, South Africa's ebullient, relatively liberal Foreign Minister, and no relation to P.W. To an august body that views its deliberations as if they involved the affairs of God rather than those of men, the jeers were alarming-like rocks thrown through a stained-glass window. Moreover, this unseemly challenge to Nationalist orthodoxy underscored the vicious factional infighting that had taken place during the succession battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: The Not-So-Favorite Choice | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...pointer and missed three weeks, but I broke two long touchdowns against Navy and I was starting to get in the groove pretty good...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Say It Ain't So, P. Wayne | 10/7/1978 | See Source »

...will get arguments on the last two points--if from no one else, certainly from Joe Restic and the Harvard coaching staff--but you will get no arguments on the first two points. And you will get no arguments if you say it's a goddamned shame Wayne Moore broke his ankle last week, and that his place in the Harvard scrapbook will be limited to three brief, glorious moments last fall and this...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Say It Ain't So, P. Wayne | 10/7/1978 | See Source »

...freshman year, he had to share the spotlight with Ralph Polillio, a gifted wingback-type halfback. Sophmore year he failed to play much, and junior year he found himself seventh on the depth chart. But some people got hurt, and he broke a 38-yard run against Dartmouth, setting up a touchdown, and he hauled in a long pass to set up a touchdown against Brown...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Say It Ain't So, P. Wayne | 10/7/1978 | See Source »

...downcast Smith eleven notched their sole tally with only four minutes left, when a Smith forward broke through Harvard's defense and slipped a shot past Crimson goalie Marlene Schoofs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters Roll Over Smith, 6-1 | 10/6/1978 | See Source »

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