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Word: cliffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Following a mandatory four-year tour of duty in the Navy, the 26-year-old former Heisman trophy winner joined the Dallas Cowboys. He gained a reputation for dependability, relying on his favorite receivers such as Drew Pearson and Cliff Harris to catch the famous long bombs. When other quarterbacks would have panicked, when lesser quarterbacks would have pitched the ball away, Rodger buried his head and weaved his way through the defensive line...

Author: By Brenda Russel, | Title: Farewell to the Heroes | 4/2/1980 | See Source »

...wanted to tackle both sides of the energy question--opposition to nuclear power, but also the harder task, replacement of that energy with safe forms of power," Cliff Truesdale, who led the fight for the referendum, told the council last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Council Goes on Record Against Nuclear Power Plants | 4/1/1980 | See Source »

...campaigned and the old-line slate didn't," Cliff Truesdale, elected on the Ward 2 reform slate, said last night. Truesdale added that the number of liberal Democrats who crossed party lines to vote for presidential candidate Rep. John B. Anderson (R-I11.) almost cost the slate its victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Progressive Democrats Retain Control Of Cambridge City Committee Posts | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

...MUSICAL FAIRY TALE begins to fall apart when the prospect of parenthood forces Cliff and Sally to look more seriously at their happy-go-lucky lives. The pace of the show picks up, and in a short, confusing scene, a Nazi soldier appears on stage, sings "Tomorrow Belongs to Me," and disappears. Perhaps van Druten wishes the audience to experience the confusion the German people actually felt about what was happening around them. We already know what happened, though, and this mournful scene only puzzles a modern audience...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: The Slide Into Darkness | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

...meaning of the new political force soon becomes clear to Cliff as well. He insists that Sally leave Berlin immediately and return with him to the U.S. She balks, and after a nocturnal visit to the doctor, returns no longer pregnant, and without her fur coat. In an emotion-charged scene, Epes's performance comes alive, with the fear that Sally will refuse to leave with him--he cannot even let Sally utter the words...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: The Slide Into Darkness | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

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