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Word: cracking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson waited until the fourth to crack the scoreboard against the varied offerings of righthander Denny Works. Mike Stenhouse led off the inning with a drive to deep center that on any normal baseball day would have cleared the snow fence in center but was only a long out. "I thought that one was out for sure," Nahigian said. "The air was just dead out there and nothing carries...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Batsmen Ground Jumbos, 4-0 As Two Combine for Shutout | 4/17/1979 | See Source »

Scientists pooh-pooh the notion that a ragtag team can transform PuO2 powder into bombs. But a senatorial aide, Kelly Gilliam, assisted by the Senator's daughter, puts two and E=mc² together and sets out to crack the conspiracy. The couple have to outwit the feds, who spend more time trying to defuse Kelly than the backyard armorers. In the end, on time, a mushroom cloud over Chesapeake Bay provides the adventure with a fissionable finale. Authors Oran and Hoklin, who have both served as congressional aides, do a Capitol job of describing the suites and sours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Malice in Wonderland | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Bingham came up with a great crack between games of the doubleheader. "Those Navy guys are so competitive, one of them hits a grounder and it sounds like ten are running at you," he said...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Batsmen Run Navy Aground, Sweep Doubleheader, 8-2, 3-1 | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

John MacEachern and Jay Smith are the only sophomores who rowed on last year's Sprint championship boat to crack this year's varsity eight...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Heavies To Open Season In San Diego | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

...tape ends in a long period of silence broken only by mournful music that is made more eerie as the tape recorder's batteries seem to run down. The sound stops before the crack of the pistol shot that killed Jim Jones, presumably fired by his own hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Hurry, My Children, Hurry | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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