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Word: comebacking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...overthrow Boumedienne in 1969. Associates of Ben Bella were exultant. Said Bachir Boumaza, his onetime Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, who is in exile in Geneva: "We are now entering a new phase in Algeria's history." Still, Ben Bella was unlikely to try a political comeback. Though he is now free to see visitors at his new home in M'sila, 187 miles from Algiers, his movements are restricted to a limited area around the town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Survivor of a Coup | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

Clutching "Great Comeback of '54" wastebaskets and wearing floppy white sunhats, 557 members of the Class of '54, their wives and children registered for their 25th Reunion yesterday...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Class of '54 Meets For 25th Reunion | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

Well, it didn't happen. In a remarkable comeback, the lights roared past the Quakers to snatch a 5.4-second victory and the first leg of what was to end up as an undefeated season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reflections on the Sprints | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

Lafleur had been the impetus behind Montreal's late comeback from a 3-1 deficit as the third period began. At 6:10 he circled the Boston cage, then spotted Mark Napier streaking netward and gave him a perfect set-up. Two minutes after that, Lafleur repeated the trick as Guy Lapointe tied it from the point...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Lambert's Overtime Goal Puts Montreal in Finals | 5/11/1979 | See Source »

Taking no chances, the lights sprinted the last 200 meters to reach open water and squelch any Williams or Cornell hopes for a comeback...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: New Faces Pace Lights Past Cornell and Williams | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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