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Word: decoying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...With MIT's shot clock winding down towards zero, Ogilvie and Tara Gustilo released their defensive assignments and sprinted down the pool two-on-zero. Ogilvie swam the ball in, and--using Gustilo as a decoy--got Harvard's game-winner...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: The Lampoon's Loss is Harvard's Gain | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

...move allows Mills more freedom to roam, but last year's national Rookie of the Year isn't taking over the field. Mills has given his fellow forward teammates the opportunity to score more often while he acts as a decoy to opposing defenders...

Author: By Robert E. M. grady, | Title: Sophomore Quartet Brings Attack Back | 11/14/1987 | See Source »

...metal pellets, the low-yield weapon could wreak havoc. Unlike a standard nuclear explosion, which would vaporize the pellets and barrel, this one would spray the pellets through space at speeds up to 100 times that of a high-velocity rifle bullet. These pellets could not only burst the decoy balloons that would accompany a swarm of warheads but also destroy incoming missiles before their warheads were released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Third Generation of Nukes | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...admittedly designed to provoke liberals more than enhance campus debate, the Conservative Club brought a South African official to Cambridge. The strategy worked, as a raucous mob of students assembled outside Lowell House and prevented the consul from leaving the campus. It took a phalanx of policemen and a decoy to maneuver the consul from the house...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: CAMPUS CRITIC | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...first of Moore's two career touchdowns--both with the Packers--happened almost by accident. Although he was only supposed to be a decoy, the other tight end forgot to enter the play, and Moore was left to receive the ball. "The quarterback threw the ball so hard that it wedged in between my face mask and shoulder pads, so I didn't have a chance to drop it," he recalls...

Author: By Eli G. Attie, | Title: From Blocking Passes to Passing Classes | 12/11/1986 | See Source »

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