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Word: contendere (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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At Penn, the Quakers will be looking to win. At least one game. Coach Harry Gamble, however, has built a young squad that should arrive as a contender in 1981. Gamble somehow managed to infuse the Quakers with a sense of enthusiasm as they stumbled to an 0-9 record...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Six Have Shot at Ivy Crown | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

At Penn, the Quakers will be looking to win. At least one game. Coach Harry Gamble, however, has built a young squad that should arrive as a contender in 1981. Gamble somehow managed to infuse the Quakers with a sense of enthusiasm as they stumbled to an 0-9 record...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Six Have Shot at Ivy Crown | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

Alex Ramos was weaned on the mean streets of New York City's devastated South Bronx. They are part of his muscle, blood, bones, and his soul as well. In the torched gray wasteland where he lives, Ramos is a glowing ember. When he turns pro this September, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Bronx: Campe | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

Once the dust settles from the conventions and autumn winds chase away Detroit's stifling summer humidity, Beebe predicts a drastic change in the three-way presidential race. "We will pick up many of the Republicans who realize they can't support Reagan and many of the Democrats who realize...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Detroit Anderson Headquarters Opens In Backwash of Republican Convention | 7/18/1980 | See Source »

Three Politburo members are excluded as contenders for supreme power because they are not ethnic Russians-an unacknowledged but key qualification for the job of party boss. They are: Vladimir Shcherbitsky, 62, Dinmukhamed Kunayev, 68, and Arvid Pelshe, 81. Others, like Defense Minister Ustinov and Foreign Minister Gromyko, 70, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S.S.R.: After Brezhnev: Stormy Weather | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

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