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Word: catches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...football I was totally shocked. I couldn't believe it when I saw Denver Quarterback Stuart Mitchell (a Cornell alumnus) throw the ball 10 feet into the net over his receiver's head. But what really surprised me was that the receiver and the defending cornerback both tried to catch the ball off the net behind the endzone...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Arena Football: Players in Search of a | 7/10/1987 | See Source »

This situation should be called to the attention of Baseball Commissioner Pete Ueberroth. Just imagine all the games that the Houston Astros (or any team) could have won if its catcher was allowed to catch foul balls off the net behind home plate...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Arena Football: Players in Search of a | 7/10/1987 | See Source »

...what I do have is a zest for politics, andI want to bring that zest to the next generationof leaders here at Harvard," Thornburgh says.RICHARD L. THORNBURGH may catch somethingbigger than a fish the next time he goes out to"test the waters," his aides...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Thornburgh Brings IOP His Political Experience and New Electoral Hopes | 7/7/1987 | See Source »

...frustrating a fashion. Then one night a banal but correct notion changed his life. "This is America!" was his thought. "They can't do this to me! It's against my constitutional rights!" The musician and the First Amendment double-teamed the court and won. These mornings you can catch him happily playing below-ground Bach at 59th and Lexington, where he says, "It's a free world down here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Is Against My Rights! | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

...movies. These days, the indiscriminating viewer gets Midnight Blue on Manhattan Cable's Channel J. One night this month, for instance, you could see sadomasochists play whipsie at the Hellfire Club. You could videotape a pornographic cartoon starring a trio of unflaggingly avid barnyard animals. You could catch perhaps a dozen commercials for call-girl "escort services" and for Steve, a gaunt guy who poses in his undies, gives his pertinent measurements and phone number and caters to all comers. You could hear the show's executive producer, Al Goldstein, mouth off on any subject that grazed his mind: Gloria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA Turned On? Turn It Off | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

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