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Word: cliff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appealing as he tries to live a western-movie vision of America. His best moment occurs when he acts out a favorite fantasy by clobbering Slim Pickens in a Texas barroom brawl. But when he turns up in the old fight-to-the-death on the edge of a cliff (this time in the Grand Canyon), with Perrine lashed prettily to a nearby rock, he and the film makers have to be kidding - only they don't seem to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Clearance Sale | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

...Cliff Sloan '79, a Social Studies concentrator said yesterday the requirement "cuts out any flexibility...

Author: By James M. Bogin, | Title: Thesis Requirement Will Be Enforced For All Social Studies Concentrators | 3/17/1977 | See Source »

Sample Budgets. As an example of what could be done, many educators point to a "Contemporary Family Life" course originated by Cliff Allen, 38, at Parkrose High School in Portland, Ore. Students pair off in simulated marriages and draw up sample family budgets. Among other things, says Allen, a former football coach, "we have the kids simulate buying a number of things on credit, ranging from household furniture and appliances to a car to the house itself. But before they purchase the items, we have them do an analysis of the different forms of credit." One result: those students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: MERCHANTS OF DEBT | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

Even though it was called the consolation bracket, Harvard had to face the University of Texas, ranked in the nation's top ten. The Longhorns hooked the Crimson, 7-2, as only number six A1 Bunis and first doubles Dan Waldman and Cliff Adler prevented a whitewashing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Find the Going Tough In Wisconsin Tennis Opener | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

With the loss of Block and Embree in the long jump, the only promising competitor in that even is freshman Cliff Lenz. "We're starting from scratch," McCurdy said...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Wait 'Til Last Year | 1/18/1977 | See Source »

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