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Word: dimlylit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mainly they kept returning because Celtics basketball is an organized religion, with 13 green-and-white icons hanging from the Garden roof and a list of saints, identified only by the kelly-green number that they once wore, dangling from the skylights. And in this dimlylit, age-crusted catacomb, the faithful wait for the NCAA to part with a titanic saviour, someone with arms long enough and stats big enough to rescue the team. After all, except for the last few years the Celtics have always been basketball's chosen people: you can forgive their fans for hoping...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Larry Bird -- Savior for Section 80 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Thursday, November 6--New Jersey state police stumble upon a suspicious couple in a Quality Inn near Princeton on Route One. Breaking into the dimlylit room they uncover a cache of chains, whips, and football tees. Discovered at the scene are Ron Beible, a senior quarterback for Princeton, and an unidentified female, rumored to be Princess Caroline of Monaco. No charges are filed, but Beible (rhymes with libel), a Baptist planning to attend Divinity School, calls a press conference and announces that under such circumstances he can't play...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Flanders Fields | 10/30/1975 | See Source »

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