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Word: crucial (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chairman, Mendel Rivers of South Carolina. Rivers fears that most draft-reform plans are the first step toward centralizing Selective Service and reducing the autonomy of the nation's 4,000 local draft boards. However, he now professes to have an open mind, and his conversion could be crucial. The reforms have a good chance of making it through the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Draft: Luck v. the Calendar | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

...spirit may be the lack of financial backing for the lacrosse team. This may sound silly, but when the team can not even afford to have a small banquet at the season's end, it's hard to overcome the feeling that the sport is strictly minor league. More crucial is the fact that funds are necessary to hire another coach or two to help Munro. It is simply impossible for one coach to handle a team of almost 30 players during practice. Two volunteers with considerable ability came down when they could to help, but there is no money...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 5/20/1969 | See Source »

...Dartmouth game, John Ignacio had three hits, two runs, and three RBI's Pete Bernhard contributed two hits and three runs, and catcher Jack Turco had two crucial hits that drove in three runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Whips Indians, Yale, But Fails in Playoff Bid | 5/19/1969 | See Source »

...crucial match, which could have give Harvard the victory, was Barney Oldfield's against Indian Jim Cox. Oldfield was 2 down with 3 to go on the 16th green. He had a 3-foot putt for a birdie and a possible win on the hole. A damaged green prevented his putt from falling in. Cox sank his putt for a birdie and defeated Oldfield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golf Team Winning Streak Halted; Dartmouth Conquers Crimson, 4-3 | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

...fast-improving Yale lacrosse team invades Cambridge tomorrow for a crucial contest against the Crimson in the season finale for both squads at 2 p.m. A Bulldog win would give them a share of the Ivy title...

Author: By Benito Playa, | Title: Stickmen Play Bulldogs In Second Spoiler Role | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

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