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Word: cal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Consider the appeal of the events. The grenade throw. The chop, rip and thump. The high dive (out of a 727). The .32-cal. ambush. The hostage relay. The knife in the backstroke. The decapithlon. The duel meet. The cemetery vault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 2, 1972 | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

Nebraska 77. Army 7. Oklaboma 68. Oregon 3. Tennessee 45. Wake Forest 6 Southern Cal 55. Illinois...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Might Makes Right--Or Does It? | 9/29/1972 | See Source »

Coaches of the major powers bristle at insinuations that the decimation of lesser foes is less than sporting. Southern Cal's John McKay told the press after his 55-20 win over Illinois that people were "just trying to get far enough ahead so they don't get beat." When, then, is "far enough ahead" far enough? McKay's Trojans led 35-20 before tacking on 20 fourth-quarter points. And in Nebraska's thumping of an undersized and outclassed Army squad, the Cornhuskers led 56-0 before sending in the subs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Might Makes Right--Or Does It? | 9/29/1972 | See Source »

...want to bring a crew back to the IRA's" be said yesterday. "Naturally. I'd like eventually to come back East for a Cal Harvard dual race sometime...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Gladstone Leaves Harvard for Berkeley Position | 9/26/1972 | See Source »

...tried to muscle in on the established traffickers, or avoid paying the 50% cut demanded by local gangs, has usually been found dead. But 15 of the war's casualties have been lawmen. Most of the victims were gunned down Chicago-style, by old-fashioned .45-cal. tommy guns fired from moving cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Narcotics War of Nuevo Laredo | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

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