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Word: dunks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...laceration nearly an inch long and half an inch deep on the side of his hand; it required sutures. The other had a severe scrape, also on the side of his hand, that resembled an area from which a skin graft had been removed. Both were suffering from dunk laceration syndrome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dunk Syndrome | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...American Games-the youthful Americans were unschooled in international rules and woefully short on muscle and experience. Nevertheless, their fluid fakes and brilliant improvisations drew large crowds, even to their practice sessions. A bravura moment came when Herb Williams, 21, a forward from Ohio State, slammed home a fearsome dunk against Yugoslavia and shattered the backboard in the process. After a moment of startled silence, the Soviet crowd roared with laughter and cheers, and one straight-faced official quipped: "Please ask your player not to perform that play any more than five times-we only have six more backboards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Losing and Learning in Moscow | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...those fans who do negotiate the IAB stairs) without dropping from the heart strain and altitude) have nothing left in them to root. Where else but at Harvard could the "Bermuda Shoot" and the play of a pint-sized midget-leaguer draw more crowd reaction than an electrifying dunk shot...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Frank Talk About Hoop | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...McDonald got Harvard's second goal at 12:00, thanks to the stick wizardry of George Hughes. The senior forward brought memories of his Malden Catholic days when he ragged and juked by three defenders in the Northeastern zone and zipped the puck over to McDonald for a slam dunk at the right post...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: B.U. Cops Beanpot, 4-3; Icemen Lose | 2/13/1979 | See Source »

...final dyslexic tally of the game 62 seconds later. Burke's drive from the blue line was sticked away by Laskowski, but his attempted clear hit off Harvard forward Scott Powers' skate and onto the stick of George Hughes, who was untouched at the right post, for the dunk shot...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icemen Lose, 3-2 | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

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