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Word: cliffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Brown head coach, Cliff Stevenson, the only coach in Brown lacrosse history, decided he'd seen just about enough of starting goalkeeper Colin Finch and called time out for the substitution and a little pep talk. Whether it was the presence of Meister in the nets or Stevenson's words, from then on all systems were go for the Brown middies and attackmen...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: Laxmen Fall to Bruins 11-9 | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

Captain Juan Vicente communicated with his three squad leaders by radio, because it was impossible to see more than a few feet through the jungle and coffee trees. The patrol moved on, clambering up a soft cliff face in the clammy heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: We Are from These People | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

According to Phoenix Police Detective Richard Fuqua, the men then drove 50 miles to an isolated desert area and hurled Suzanne off a cliff. They heard her moaning and climbed down to her side. She pleaded with them to leave her alone because, she said, "I'm dying anyway." The response was swift. "Damn right you are," one of the men said, and picked up a large rock and crushed her head to still her sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Curse of Violent Crime | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

...time of inflation, Tesich and his director Peter Yates must be accused of squandering valuable resources. Christopher Plummer, as an activist diplomat, gets to display little more than his profile; and James Woods, who could become the most engaging villain since the young Cliff Robertson, has again been cast in a part that must have been written for Bruce Dern. The sympathetic viewer will want to rescue Hurt and Weaver, not from the bad guys, but from the mechanism of this eyewitless plot. The canny movie producer will want to recast them as the Tracy and Hepburn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Single-Minded | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...more." Manhattan Economic Consultant Alan Greenspan, who is also a member of Reagan's new Economic Policy Advisory Board, pointed out that towering interest rates are threatening the survival of many American financial institutions. Said he: "A continuation of business as usual will lead us off a cliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Reagan's Plan Work? | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

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