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Word: caller (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Marcus, is one of those people success and glamour have passed by. She can't keep a job (she loses a position as a meter maid because she doesn't have the heart to give a ticket); she attracts wretched men; and, when she cooks dinner for a gentlemen caller, the meal burns on the stove...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Hot Millions | 11/26/1968 | See Source »

Abortive Appearance. This season Meredith and Starr have had more than their share of companions in pain. Indeed, the outcome of the 1968 pro football season seems to be predicated on the survival quotient of quarterbacks. As of last week, no fewer than 16 signal callers in the two leagues have been sidelined with injuries for one or more games. Many of the injuries, like Starr's, could hardly have been prevented. Pete Beathard of the Houston Oilers (record: 3-5-0) was rushed to the hospital last month for an emergency appendectomy, while winless Philadelphia's Norm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Survival Quotient | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

While the defense was busy pushing Dartmouth all over the field, Harvard signal-caller George Lalich scrambled and passed to set up all three Harvard touch passed to set up all three Harvard touch-downs...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Gridders Wallop Dartmouth 22-7 | 10/28/1968 | See Source »

...first Japanese ever to win the literary award and the first Asian to be so honored since 1913, when the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore was selected. Kawabata, 69, stepped into the limelight calmly. "I feel I am very lucky," he told the caller who brought the news. "It is a great honor." Later, he showed concern that "too great a fuss" might be made. "For authors," he said, "honors can some times become unbearable burdens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Spiritual Bridge | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

Princeton smashed the Lions, 44-16, but not before the senior signal caller had set four League records, including most attempts (53), most completions (28), most passing yardage (373), and most offense...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Eleven Journeys to Meet Aerial-Minded Columbia | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

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