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Word: familiarizing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson scoring punch this weekend came from familiar but varied sources. Simmons (13 goals, 10 assists, 23 points) continued to be very productive from the second line, chipping in the final Harvard tally against Bowdoin and two more in the second period Sunday to put the Crimson a comfortable five goals...

Author: By Ken Segel, | Title: Maine-iacs Cut Loose in Bright | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...Crowley. The plot starts out with a littering of anonymous letters around town, accusing Crowley of an affair with Porson's pretty young wife. There are two clumsy attempts at murder and then two quite successful ones that occur on a PC tour of Venice. If the terrain is familiar to Symons, every detail is fresh, right down to the crisp use of Venice, blessedly free of tax write-off color. A Criminal Comedy is a , zestful work of a master still challenging his craft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Feb. 24, 1986 | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

While Marcos disapproves of Sin's political role, Pope John Paul II has given the Cardinal his support. Said one Vatican official familiar with the Pontiff's thinking: "Sin is very highly regarded here, particularly for his keen intelligence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: God and Man in Manila | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

Something is happening to the state of Texas and the state of basketball, once as compatible as cattlemen and sheepmen in the West. Next to "Remember the Alamo," the most threadbare sampler this side of the Pecos must be retired College Publicist Jones Ramsey's familiar line, "There're only two sports in Texas--football and spring football." Former University of Texas Basketball Coach Abe Lemons laments, "You can lay a football down in a parking lot and draw a crowd," but college jump shooters have been a rougher sell in the Lone Star State. Historically, pro basketball has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lone Star Whoops for Hoops | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...wandering Prophet Motive (Leonard Dick) and his hapless sidekick Ahmed A'Boubou (Jeffrey Korn) are way ahead of their time, preaching the good 20th century values of capitalism and personal repression. Dick's enormous birdnest of a white wig and his well-developed evangelistic twang are all-too-familiar and consequently quite effective. Their energetic duet, "Moral Hygiene," is yet another showstopper...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: The Heat Is On at the Hasty | 2/19/1986 | See Source »

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