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Word: cupped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Glad-handing Steve Cruz had a better night. He tied for third place and won an invitation to return for the monthly finals. "It really was my night. I sang at the Apollo, and they liked me," Cruz said over a Dixie Cup toast. "Tonight I really was the One and Only Steve Cruz. Tremendous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amateur Night In New York: Triumph and Terror at the Apollo | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

...lightweight crew dominated a field of 11 boats, finishing in the slow time of 6.32.25 into a strong headwind in San Diego to clinch the Commodore's Cup. The lights finished 4.35 seconds ahead of the defending national champion Yale squad...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard Crews Cruise in San Diego | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...Massachusetts Institute of Technology, another computer is struggling to learn what any three-year-old child already knows: the difference between a cup and a saucer. What the youngster sees at a glance, the computer must be taught, painstakingly, one step at a time. First it must comprehend the concept of an object, a physical thing distinguished from the space around it by edges and surfaces. Then it must grasp the essential attributes of cupness: the handle, the leakproof central cavity, the stable base. Finally, it must deal with the exceptions, like the foam-plastic cup whose heat-insulating properties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Fast and Smart | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...April 30, Harvard sees action in Annapolis, Md., against Navy and Penn for the Adams Cup, the annual struggle between three powerhouses that Harvard hasn't won in four years...

Author: By Ken Segel, | Title: Oarsmen Get Ready | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

...last spring, for the first time since 1975, the Black and White won the Eastern Sprints and copped the Governor's Cup. It then went on to grab a close third-place finish in the national championships...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Oarswomen Continue Old Way | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

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