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Word: deeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Iceman Stenhouse forced a backcourt violation to break Dartmouth's stall game at 2:40, then tied it at 69-all with a cool jumper from deep in the corner ten seconds later...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Cagers Can Dartmouth, 71-69 | 3/1/1978 | See Source »

...Rhodesian soldier, a typical day begins with dawn patrols that involve setting out from an overnight jungle camp for a tramp in slept-in fatigues across deep grass, mountain trails and through village kraals. In the bush, visibility is often limited to a few yards: one stick recently ambushed a guerrilla group that had been sleeping less than 50 yards away. In the present summer season, rains flood the rivers and the jungle trails that make up the infiltration routes. By July, the middle of the arid winter season, the water holes will have dried up; the soldiers will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Here to Stay | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

Somewhere deep in the stony, inhospitable Ogaden desert, a vicious war is being fought with sophisticated weaponry and ground troops made up largely of ill-trained and illiterate peasants. But while the outside world has been denied a look at the actual fighting, the devastation left in the wake of advancing and retreating armies is evident enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: A Desert Duel Keeps Heating Up | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

Three days a week students learn math, science and English. On the other days they may be dangled off a cliff, abandoned two miles deep in a cave or locked in a padded cell. At Butler High School in western Pennsylvania, this harsh treatment is known as stress education for "in-school dropouts"-the disruptive students and juvenile offenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Stress Lessons | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

Such a ritual transfer of the championship can touch deep, unarticulated feelings. If men dread death, they also look nervously behind them as they age to see what younger people are hurrying up to replace them, not only on the job but on the planet. The passing of champions can be cathartic; it is part of the large, primitive theatrics that sports perform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: To an Athlete Getting Old | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

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