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Word: efforts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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With 13 games left to play it appears evident that a second-division finish in the ECAC is in the offing. Only a strong effort in the Beanpot would soften the fall to mediocrity...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Bruins Bury Listless Icemen | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Sordid past notwithstanding, the AAU's recent actions were marked by what seemed like a concerted effort to prevent the story from getting out. The convention at which the suspensions were levied ended on Dec. 3, 1978, and no announcement was made. On December 9, the New York Times broke the news of the suspensions and included speculation concerning the identities of the athletes. On December 11th, the AAU released an official statement confirming the Times story, in which it claimed that the news of the suspensions had not been made public in order to allow time for each...

Author: By John S. Bruce and Robert Grady, S | Title: Conduct Unbecoming | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

January reading period, typically a time when exercise, sleep and sanity are all sacrificed in a frantic effort to make up for lost time, has taken its toll on Harvard's swimming team...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Crimson Swims by Dutchmen | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...defense is weak," coach Carole Kleinfelder said after the game, conceding that rebounding remains a problem. Holpuch, despite a strong ten-point effort in the second half, garnered only one rebound on the evening...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Hoopsters Down Manhattanville, 66-32 | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...over, however, a perky group of U.S. teenagers, undaunted by the absence of some of their speediest countrywomen because of suspension by the Amateur Athletic Union (see page three), managed to avoid a repeat of the 1976 Montreal fiasco and provide a semblance of respectability to the American effort...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Shorthanded U.S. Women Stay With East German Archrivals | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

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