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Word: crossbar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson resumed the relentless pressure as the second half opened, with Chris Harvey hitting the crossbar off a direct kick and another shot just missing wide right following a two-on-one breakaway. At 23:35, Ted Widmere knocked home goal number two after a quick give-and-go play with Harvey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Soccer Shuts Out MIT 3-0 | 10/3/1980 | See Source »

...their torches up and down, up and down, up and down, slowly so the whoosh could be heard. "Klansmen to the cross," he intoned solemnly; and forth they went, lighting the gas-doused burlap wrapped around it. In a second the flames rolled up the shaft and across the crossbar; around it, Klansmen danced in ecstasy, arms spread wide, the heat and light full on their chests. The followers, the bikers, broke the "reverent silence" Wilkinson had requested and began to holler: "Get me a nigger," "Put a Puerto Rican up there, they burn well cause they're so greasy...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: View From the Fringe | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

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