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Word: contests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pioneers regrouped in a hurry with two goals in the first minute of the third stanza to go ahead before Gene Purdy tied the contest five minutes later and sent the game into the extra frame...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Icemen Win Pair Out West... ...As Cagers Scare Detroit, Beat LIU | 1/3/1978 | See Source »

Warns Péladeau: "If they try to do what we are doing, I will knock them out -no contest." Even if rivals do not try stooping to conquer, the publisher plans eventually to branch out in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles. The imitation Journals doubtless will have plenty of local confections on page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Hoagie City Hero | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...ignorant of the world, narcissistic and, except on the dance floor, aimless. The film's story is about his tumultuous romance with another good dancer (Karen Lynn Gorney), a socially ambitious Manhattan secretary who teaches him that there is more to life than first prize in a hustle contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Discomania | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...without great height. He's big in every sense - bone structure, muscle structure. He's got great leg strength and back strength. He has fine agility and is light on his feet." Light enough, in fact, to boogie them second place in a national Soul Train dance contest during college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Running Wild | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...fight itself was sedate. Moore, known as the "Mongoose," seemed puzzled, perhaps because one of the tiger's friends had told him that Plimpton was a former intercollegiate champion with a murderous hook and a savage nature. The contest lasted for two three-minute rounds and one two-minute round, the last one truncated by the thoughtful Brown, who pushed the hand of the timing clock with his finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plimping for Fun | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

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