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Word: controllable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Four Winthrop fumbles led to the demise of the defending Straus Cup champions, and neither team could control the tempo. The closest any team could come to paydirt was a Mather drive to the "Throp five, but time ran out in the first half before the offense could push it over...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Kirkland Swamps Lowell 36-0; Mather Edges Past Winthrop | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

...glamour appeals to Potter; he wants to try life with Jessica again. In a bizarre scene meant to symbolize his anxiety about leaving Marilyn, Potter hyperventilates on a Bloomingdale's couch. This sequence seems to perplex Reynolds most of all. He looks lost portraying a character who has no control of his emotions...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: One Sings, the Other Two Don't | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

Reischauer said an assasination had become more likely recently as the only way to depose Park. Although the South Korean opposition party beat Park in last December's election, Park's 1972 constitution enabled him to retain control of the national assembly. Reischauer also pointed out that a popular uprising was impossible as long as the military supported Park...

Author: By Nellie Henderson, | Title: Reischauer Says Policies Doomed Park | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...scrum's ball-control allowed the backs to score two tries. Peter Hilton, the fly half, scored a try and a conversion in the first half. He also booted two penalty kicks for six points in the second. David Miller also scored a try on a 15-yd. run in the first half...

Author: By David R. Merner, | Title: Ruggers Undefeated After McGill Bout | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Anne D. Fish, assistant director of resource development for Oxfam-America, said yesterday her organization had agreed with the Cambodian government that only civilians would receive food. The government did not want the food to reach soldiers of the deposed Pol Pot regime, who still control parts of the country, she added...

Author: By Andrew B. Herrmann, | Title: Student Group Organizes Fast To Raise Money for Cambodia | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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