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Word: cannon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overzealous effort to attract money to Harvard's youngest graduate school. Brought to light last November by a proposal to bestow University Officer status on an oil-rich Texas couple in return for a $500,000 gift, the Kennedy School's fundraising tactics had made the School a "loose cannon," in the words of a Harvard official...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Who's to Blame? | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

Police sprayed the seated protesters with water cannon but they stayed in place and recited The Lord's Prayer as they were put into police vehicles. Journalists also were detained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutu, Other Clergy Arrested in Protest | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

Char Joslin: The freshman sensation has become a sophomore sensation. She leads the team in goals scored, and is a threat to connect from anywhere. She can deke, fire a wrist shot in traffic or load up her famous cannon. Princeton keyed on her constantly last week but it didn't work--she got two third-period goals...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Icewomen Will Host Ivy Tourney; Winner Gets ECAC Playoff Bid | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

Quote of the Week: "Basically, we nixed them. It was a gunfight and we brought a cannon."--Harvard squash player Jim Masland, referring to Seth Handy's 3-2 comeback over his Franklin & Marshall counterpart which gave the racquetmen a 5-4 victory...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Squash Players Set For Denver Tourney | 2/12/1988 | See Source »

...Basically, we nixed them," Masland said. "It was like a gun fight and we brought a cannon [Handy...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen Sweep Princeton, F & M | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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