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Word: crab (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Parker's crew won a one-length-plus triumph over the New Zealand Olympic squad in the Challenge Cup final, despite catching a crab early in the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Falls on Thames; Parker Crew Wins Cup | 7/8/1980 | See Source »

...though vanilla is usually the only flavor available. Kefir, a kind of cross between buttermilk and yogurt, is exceptionally good, as is a soft curd cheese called tvorog. Fruits and vegetables are found only in season, but often have more flavor than those in the U.S. Canned salmon and crab meat are especially delicate. Caviar? Nothing matches Russian beluga, which costs about $27 per Ib. (compared with $420 per Ib. in the U.S.), when it is available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Of Aeroflot, Volgas and the Flu | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

...first attack came without warning. A pair of Cuban MiG-21 fighters swooped down on the 103-ft. patrol vessel Flamingo, one of the largest ships in the Bahama defense force fleet, as it was towing two Cuban fishing boats that had been seized for poaching stone crab and conch near the tiny, uninhabited Bahamian island of Santo Domingo Cay. The two jets raked the lightly armed Flamingo with 23-mm cannons, then returned 45 minutes later and sank the vessel with two rocket salvos. As the Bahamian sailors bobbed helplessly in the water, the MiGs roared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Jets Roar In | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

...Radcliffe lightweights coasted to a three-length victory yesterday when its closest rival, Brown, caught a crab and inadvertently stopped 100 yards from the finish line...

Author: By James S. Mcguire, | Title: Men Lights Take Haines; Women Coast | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...seats behind Radcliffe with 30 strokes to go, the Brown boat caught a crab, forcing it to a halt. By the time Brown recovered, Radcliffe had amassed a three-length lead, which it protected by sprinting the last 20 strokes...

Author: By James S. Mcguire, | Title: Men Lights Take Haines; Women Coast | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

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