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Word: contesters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public events without his derby or his pet cross-eyed mule, Sam Lewis has been the butt of jokes in San Angelo, Texas, for most of his 56 years. People laughed when someone put a live rattlesnake, with its mouth sewn shut, in his bedroll at a chili-cooking contest. They laughed even harder when he tried to peddle Hawaiian Delight pizzas, a terrifying concoction of Canadian bacon, pineapple chunks and cherries smothered in tomato paste and melted cheese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Hot Licks | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...power play. Harvard was handed nine opportunities by the chippy Larries during the contest and missed on all but one of them. Give some credit to the St. Lawrence penalty killers and goalie Gary Laskowski, who managed to go a long way on little talent, positioning himself in front of Harvard shots 24 times...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icemen Lose, 3-2 | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

Rebounding from a decisive 10-0 loss to Boston State two days earlier, the women's ice hockey team broke open a close contest Saturday afternoon with four third-period goals en route to a 6-1 exhibition victory over Concord Academy at Walter Brown Arena...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icewomen Win As Fischer Nets Hat | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...captain Bill Mulvihill, who watched the contest from the sideline because of his shoulder injury, said after the match, "It's a disheartening loss for us. We were so close yet so far away, but we are not making any excuses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Matmen Pin Lowell, MIT, Drop One to Coast Guard | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...Islanders didn't exist yet), I was incredibly psyched on the evening of May 11, 1972 for game six of the Cup finals between Boston and New York. Though the Bruins led the series three games to two, the blueshirts had two nights earlier grabbed a tight contest on Boston ice and hopes were high that the New Yorkers could return the series to Beantown in search of their first Cup since...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Orr: Ending at the Beginning | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

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