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Word: crab (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there came a voice from on high: "Let the Dartmouth number four man pulleth a crab." And he did. And so it came to pass that the Harvard lights pulled out a two-seat victory over Dartmouth after trailing by one-and-a-half lenghts with 200 meters...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Harvard Light Crews Win by Default | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...that familiar character of modern fiction, the wanderer who can in habit diverse places and situations as naturally as a hermit crab crawls into an abandoned shell. Unlike Edward, she accepts age and solitude without feeling boredom. Unlike Stephen, she can draw pleasure from watching dust motes dance in a shaft of light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cold Comforts | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

...typical crab louse attaches itself to the base of a pubic hair, burrows into the skin, feeds on the host's blood, and lays visible whitish eggs, Dr. Nicholas Fiumara, head of the communicable disease department of the Massachusetts department of pubic health said yesterday...

Author: By Scott A. Kripke, | Title: Pubic Lice Are on the Loose; College Students Easy Target | 11/4/1976 | See Source »

Scratching will not remedy the problem and can cause a second degree infection Flumara continued. The burrowing and feeding of the crab causes the constant itch, he added...

Author: By Scott A. Kripke, | Title: Pubic Lice Are on the Loose; College Students Easy Target | 11/4/1976 | See Source »

...list of the world's great foods would have to include such Southern elegances as she-crab soup, terrapin stew, jambalaya, black-bottom pie, gumbo or pompano en papillote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH - MODERN LIVING: A Home-Grown Elegance | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

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