Word: delle
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Carillo dripped the ball in Front of the goal and just as she reached the right hand corner. Tiger goalie Kelly O'Dell made a move for the ball and Carillo pushed the ball past her to give the booters a 1-0 lend...
George Nicholson, Dell's editor in chief of books for young readers, insists that despite the explicit, eye-catching themes in many of today's Y.A. titles, "we also have considerable respect for this audience. We want to have an uplifting, affirmative quality to books written for children." Adolescents cannot seem to get enough. To keep up with the demand, Dell is offering a $1,000 prize (plus $4,000 in advances) for the most outstanding first Y.A. novel...
...Dell author who no longer qualifies for the award is Judy Blume, 44, godmother of upscale adolescent realism. Nineteen million of Blume's 14 teen tales are currently in paperback. She tackles social and sexual mores with sprightly straight talk. In one of her books, a group of twelve-year-old girls stare at the centerfold in a copy of Playboy, marveling at the model's breasts. Exclaims one flat-chested admirer: "Look at the size of her! They're huge...
...beginning of this year, things looked very promising for the Harvard men's lacrosse team All-American Brendan Meagher was back after spending last year on the sidelines with a knee injury and high school sensation Dell Dressel had arrived here as a freshman. The squad even looked as though it might repeat its 1980 season, when it shared the Ivy title with Cornell and made it to the Nationals...
...green) were empty, the rink announcer listed the Tigers' scoring in a voice like that of HAL the computer in "2001", and the few Dartmouth students who wandered by were decidedly pro-Princeton ("We can't root for Hahvahd"). And in the waning minutes, Princeton winger Kelly O'Dell pumped in two more goals to secure the Ivy championship...