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Word: damping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When at long last the weeks of damp misery receded yesterday and spring became something more than a name, the men's track team rose to the occasion, soundly defeating six opponents to win the Greater Boston Championships (GBC) yesterday at Boston College for the second consecutive year...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Thinclads Triumph, Retain GBC Laurels | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...found a winding staircase which led to a narrow balcony to the rear of the chilly room. Outside, the clouds had parted a bit and the sun brought several of the stained-glass New Testament parables to life. The smooth white marble railing we leaned against was cold and damp. For such a small place, it seemed capable of a magnificent silence...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Yes Indeed, Quite Different | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

Water filters used by smokers to remove impure substances from marijuana probably do not remove Aspergillus because the fungus "loves damp areas," Kagan said...

Author: By Janet F. Fifer, | Title: Scientist Finds Fungus In Marijuana | 2/24/1981 | See Source »

...whole scene was intensely Princeton. Mammoth, hollow, damp Jadwin Gym, where no Harvard basketball team has ever won. Well-orchestrated cheers performed by a smartly dressed crowd of 3000. Eight Bouncy, blonde-haired cheerleaders, who all looked alike. And flawless Princeton defense, which combined with a disciplined, well-coached set offense to blow the Crimson right out of this small New Jersey town...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Princeton Tigers Embarrass Hoopsters | 2/17/1981 | See Source »

They met on a cold, damp Venetian morning, the wild ducks flying overhead. The hunter was 49, married, famous. The girl was 18, a dark Leonardesque virgin. "I love you more than the moon and the sky," he would later write her. "Daughter, how complicated can life be?" Very, she would answer: "I tried to remain on the razor's edge, because had I asked, you would have thrown yourself from a wall for me." Ernest Hemingway did not go quite that far to prove his love for young Adriana Ivancich, but he did write her some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 1, 1980 | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

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