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Word: dived (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a scoreless first quarter, Dartmouth exploded for a 14-0 lead. Quarterback Mike Brait unleashed a 70-yard touchdown toss to split end Tom Fleming. A one-yard dive by Brait culminated in another quick six on Dartmouth's next possession...

Author: By Jon Ledecky, | Title: Brown Takes Second in Ivies; Big Green, Penn Notch Wins | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

...first quarter, the potent Bruin attack erupted for a 17-0 lead at intermission. Jose Violante, Brown's three-point machine, blasted a 47-yard field goal. Quarterback Bob Bateman and Farnham hooked up for an electrifying 55-yard touchdown toss. The fireworks were preceded by a one-yard dive for six by Kevin Slattery...

Author: By Jon Ledecky, | Title: Ivy League Round-up | 11/10/1975 | See Source »

...Saturation bombing campaigns and continuous artillery bombardments of cities gave the world its first views of "total" war involving civilian populations. The war became a testing ground for the weapons and strategies of World War II. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy used the Spanish war to perfect the Stuka dive bomber and the tactics of incendiary bombing that in one day destroyed the town of Guernica, among many others. The Soviet Union backed the Popular Front government, as did Communists everywhere. But the vastly greater weight of German and Italian arms, coupled with the decision by the Russians and Germans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: FINIS: 36 YEARS OF IRON RULE | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

Everybody had a band: not only Springsteen and Southside, but also Miami Steve, Vini ("Mad Dog") Lopez (who played drums on Bruce's first two albums) and Garry Tallent (now bass guitarist for the E Street Band). They all would appear at a dive called the Upstage Club for $15 a night, work from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., then party together, play records and adjourn till the next afternoon, when they would meet on the boardwalk to check the action and talk music. For sport everyone played Monopoly, adding a few refinements that made the game more like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Backstreet Phantom of Rock | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...successive invading waves of Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths and Franks out of their fastnesses in the Pyrenees, and they were the only tribe in Europe that ever defeated the Prankish King Charlemagne. A Basque independent republic flourished briefly in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, but Hitler's Stuka dive-bombers crushed it in the rubble of Guernica thus assuring the dictatorial control of all Spain by Franco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Basques: 'No One Is Neutral' | 10/13/1975 | See Source »

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