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Word: faking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Calhoun-Berkeley rallied to score on an 80-yard screen pass on which the receiver avoided a swarm of tacklers and just managed to stay in bounds. The two-point conversion on a fake kick clinched the victory...

Author: By Hugh M. Nesbit, | Title: Houses Win 13 of 22 Contests; Eliot Takes Soccer Title, 3-1 | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

...fact, the whole thing looked like a costume party, only nobody thought they were in costume. Some of the more subdued party-goers arrived in white tie and tails, but a number of enthusiasts did their bit to kick off the Harvard weekend by wearing tiger-striped suits and fake tiger-fur jackets. Their "dates" ("This is my date Sally," was the standard introduction), imported by the bus-and train-load full from Briarcliff, Wheaton, Manhat-tanville, and even as far away as North Carolina, wore outfits that had never known the rack at Filene's basement--or anywhere else...

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: Wexing and Waning | 11/11/1974 | See Source »

...margin did not stand up for long against the swarming Ephmen. Williams forward Henry Osborn gained control of the ball near midfield and led a three-man attack against two Crimson defenders. Osborn gave a slight fake and then knifed through the Harvard fullbacks. His shot eluded a sprawling Ben Bryan at 32:09, and the game was deadlocked, 1-1, at halftime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Booters Trim Powerful Williams Squad | 10/30/1974 | See Source »

Citizens then take the fake bills to Turin's post office and pay the lesser rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Big Sting | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

Essentially, the problem is the choreography. It is almost as much mime as ballet. The story is a complicated slap stick tale about a flirtatious town clown, his enemies and his inamorata (complete with mistaken identities, a fake death and an implausibly happy ending) that defies compression as well as credibility. Massine's scenario is too highly stylized to allow for many low jinks; the result is commedia dell'arte without any comedy, Punch-and-Judy minus the punch. The occasional moments of raffish humor are all provided by quick-legged Gary Chryst, 24, who leaps, whirls, jigs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: How Now, Town Clown? | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

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