Word: downers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...situation where we felt we really should win this year after last year," said St. Lawrence Coach Joe Marsh, who mauled members of his squad after the final buzzer sounded. "Anything else would have been a downer...
...first period was the only downer the Saints would feel all night as Clarkson goalie and all-tournament selection John Fletcher stopped all of SLU's 17 shots...
...bright, man. Depressing, lacks an upbeat ending, and the opera- house setting is a major turnoff. Broadway audiences are not about to put out + big bucks to watch a downer like that, for crying out loud. Doesn't anybody here have an idea for a hit musical...
...story book of this season, they should leave the last two pages blank. Fill them in yourself. Rewrite the dream. The Final Four in Detroit was a downer...
...downer is that a pyramid payoff requires an ever larger supply of new investors, until eventually the scheme crashes. To protect the unwary, pyramid games have been made illegal in most states. Even so, the craze has spread on college campuses: at the University of Maryland, automated teller machines ran short of cash this month after one high-flying weekend...