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Word: davenports (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shapiro of Du Pont plus others meet in a posh resort in Hot Springs to speak of "easy money" and "the sooner we suffer the pain, the sooner we will be through it all." It would be more believable if it came from a motel in Davenport, Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 12, 1979 | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...also didn't ask for a rerun of "The Tim Davenport Story," the 1977 choice whose career as a starter was aborted by a broken neck vertabra in the first game of the season...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Buchanan Thrown QB Reins | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

With Saturday's knee injury to St. John, it is now time to start over. The Tim Davenport Story has been rerun, but there is no Larry Brown waiting in the wings as a junior with a year of exposure to the system. There is only sophomore Mike Buchanan, who isn't listed under "leading candidates" in this year's football guide and who describes his experience with the freshman team last year as "frustrating" because of a lack of playing time. But Restic said, "We have no choice...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Buchanan Thrown QB Reins | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...dismay over Carter and his most recent actions runs the gamut of society. Florian Keen, 57, a setup man at a Davenport, Iowa, pump factory where he doubles as chairman of U.A.W. Local 1442's political action committee, said, "I'm real bothered." Though he wears a green and white Carter button, Keen said, "I'd lose an election if I were running for local office and was seen wearing this button. That's how unpopular Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Now, for the Hard Sell | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...ticket sales rising, Musica Sacra seems assured of a secure place in the New York concert scene. But only in the New York concert scene. "When you have a group as expensive and cumbersome to move around as ours, you can't just take it out to Davenport, Iowa," says Westenburg. "Our future for expansion lies in records and television, and we're working on both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Big Bash for Bach Backers | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

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