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Word: donnybrooke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feeling as that last-second loss to Dartmouth (of all bogus teams) that put us out of the playoffs in '77, the same helplessness I felt while watching George and Jackie try to defend both Crimson pride and clean play against the whole B.U. team in last spring's donnybrook...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: A Travesty | 10/11/1978 | See Source »

Last week's House debate was a classic donnybrook, not just between Democrats and Republicans but also between free-spending liberals and hard-fisted conservatives, between Congressmen who want to cut military spending in favor of social welfare and those who want the exact opposite. Serving as a referee of sorts was Giaimo, 58, whose job was to ensure that no one could force through an amendment greatly changing the overall figures worked out by the Democratic leadership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Donnybrook over the Budget | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

Worse than violence, though, was the injury list. Co-captain Bobby Mellen may not be available for the Cornell donnybrook, thanks to the mauling of his shoulder received at the hands of a Bruin laxman. Attackman Billy Forbush and midfielder Terry Trusty also took their licks at Providence, while stellar defenseman Haywood Miller remains seriously hurt and Jim Ossyra and Frank Prezioso are less than 100 per cent...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Laxmen Destroy Brown In Rough Contest, 19-9; Faught Rifles Home Six | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...avoid a losing season for the first time since the 1966-67 campaign, and first under Coach Billy Cleary and 2) to win a game without the services of the talented Hughes Brothers and winger Murray Dea, all of whom were suspended for the final game following the donnybrook with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash, Hockey Teams Finish This Weekend | 3/4/1978 | See Source »

...easy for Sanchez as he survived two marathon matches to advance to the finals. On Sunday morning, he defeated top seed and defending champion Tom Page, 8-15, 15-14, 15-12, 10-15, and 15-11. That same afternoon he bested the fourth seed Jay Nelson in another donnybrook...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Desaulniers Captures National Crown Sanchez Suffers The Agony of De-Feet | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

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