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Word: decoyed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When co-captain Boyd missed a drop pass, sophomore right winger Tom Murray pounced on the puck near center ice and pushed it up to Johnny Cochrane, who streaked down the right boards on a two-on-one break. Using Murray as a decoy, he wound up at the right face-off circle and lasered a shot along the ice past Harrison's stick side, triggering stunned silence among RPI followers and a mass celebration on the Harvard bench...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard Rally at RPI Fails; Icemen Lose, 6-5, in Overtime | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...because of the horror of dealing with people that architecture involves. I knew it from the beginning, but I went on with it. One learned elementary things. How to sharpen a pencil. The fact was that most of my colleagues went to architecture the way I went, as a decoy or an alibi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of Steinberg | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...held, then handed a pistol with.a silencer. As José tells it, "The brother turned around and pulled the trigger three times against the man's head. Wow, was he surprised when it didn't work!" The gun was not loaded. The "informer" was, of course, a decoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Forecast: More Bombs Ahead | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

Only one of the 71 freshman Democrats elected in 1974, Representative Allan T. Howe of Utah, is currently running behind his opponent, and his political troubles stem almost entirely from a conviction on charges of soliciting a police-decoy prostitute this summer. Aside from Howe, about 20 other freshmen representatives are involved in close re-election contests, but 12 of them were leading their Republican opponents in polls taken in October...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: From Sea to Shining Sea: Races for Congress and The Governor's Mansion | 11/2/1976 | See Source »

...American candidate puts the stats and this year's "decoy" status in the right perspective. "It's really not the numbers, you can't think about them. Last year, for instance, I just kept thinking it was bound to end. I could catch 14 one Saturday and none the next. Realistically, I didn't give the slightest thought to catching 56 passes again. I could catch 60 and it wouldn't matter if we didn...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Bob Farnham: Bad News Bruin | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

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