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Word: droves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pressly, the third Harvard quarterback, drove the Crimson to its third touchdown late in the game. Halfback Jay Richter capped the scoring drive with a nifty eight yard...

Author: By Dennis P. Corbett, | Title: J.V. Gridders Thrash Princeton, 22-6 | 11/12/1973 | See Source »

Buttoned into an armored personnel carrier (APC), we clanked off toward the south. Passing a bombed-out Egyptian coast-guard camp, we saw Egyptian dead sprawled in shallow trenches. As we drove along the Great Bitter Lake, we could see smoke rising from Suez far to the south. Finally, we were dropped off in a forward command post, where I was given a lift in the APC of a colorful brigadier general. Let's call him "Tallo" (it is a violation of Israeli censorship to publish the names of brigade commanders). Moshe, the APC machine gunner, had cautioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EYEWITNESSES: Reports from the Cease-Fire Fronts | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

Penn's Larry Houston kicked the rebound off the top crossbar and Glenn Partridge drove the ball home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn Stops Crimson Booters In 3-0 Rout Under Lights | 11/3/1973 | See Source »

Harvard's only point of the game was a fluke shot by Alex Danso, with an assist by the Brown goalkeeper. Danso drove in toward the net, where the goalie was readying for a save. But when the goalie attempted to jump on Danso's kick to prevent its reaching the net, he fell onto his back and the shot spun off him into the net, sparing Harvard yet another shutout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Smashes Crimson J.V. Booters | 11/1/1973 | See Source »

...incongruously wearing a white shirt and dark trousers, was distributing egg sandwiches and cold drinks. He was a construction contractor from a town near Nazareth, too old to fight in the war. Every day he packed his station wagon with sandwiches and ten-gallon containers of soft drinks and drove to the front. Whenever he found a unit, he stopped and distributed his refreshments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EYEWITNESSES: Reports from The Meaningless War | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

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