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Word: defenselessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Princeton moves onto the second leg of its rehabilitation program this afternoon when it plays host to defenseless Penn. The Quakers blew my perfect prediction slate when they allowed Bucknell two touchdowns and a 28-27 win in the game's final four minutes last Saturday. The Tigers, in retaliation, should drub Penn...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Eli, Crimson, Green Vie for Lead | 10/28/1967 | See Source »

...were such a good, defenseless, sun-filled tree, my unforgettable one, my love, my prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: First Words from Svetana | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

Back in Kenya, Leakey has seen hungry lions walk through camps past sleeping, defenseless men to stalk and kill nearby antelope. On the rare occasions when they do kill a man, he says, they merely sniff at his body and walk away in disgust with nary a taste. He also notes that the big cats feast on baboons but generally disdain chimpanzees, which are closer relatives of man and presumably give off their version of the manlike odor that these predators find so unattractive. "To this odor," Leakey believes, "we owe our survival. Man is not cat food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthropology: Unpalatable Man | 2/24/1967 | See Source »

...Defenseless Harvard tried to outscore the defending champions and raced to a 3-3 first-period draw. But goalie Bill Fitzsimmons, who had an unfortunate off night, resembled a turnstyle in the final period, with each click adding to B.U.'s final margin...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: B.U. Tops Sextet in Beanpot, 8-3 | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

...fact, "The Last War" succumbs to only one thoroughly predictable stereotype--that of an immaculately dressed Communist officer who shorts a defenseless old village chief without blinking...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: The Last War of Olly Winter | 2/7/1967 | See Source »

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