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Word: fasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just the players, or some of them, who fail to fulfill the positive scholar-athlete stereotype. The Department of Athletics also may play fast and loose on occasion. Percs--such as better meals, no work "jock jobs," and tutoring--are rumored to help make athletes' college lives more pleasant...

Author: By Charlest T. Kurzman, | Title: Pointing the 'Big Finger' | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...this a parody of overprotective parenting? Not according to the thousands of folks who have been buying the signs for $2 to $3 each and consider them useful protection for their children. Made primarily by Safety First Inc. of Chestnut Hill, Mass., the signs are selling especially fast in traffic-choked metropolitan areas from San Francisco to Boston. But many drivers find the baby on board message annoying, and entrepreneurs with a sarcastic sense of humor have marketed alternative signs. Among the new offerings: nobody on board, child carries no cash and EX-WIFE IN TRUNK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Products: Ex-Wife in Trunk | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...While Bobby Bonds hasn't earned a spot on the American Express advertisement yet, he has merited a lite beer commercial. Toward the end of his career, Bonds moved around the league about as fast as he did around the bases (461 career steals). Ten points if you can name the only club listed below which the journeyman did not play for in his 14-year major league career...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: 1986 Sports Cube Baseball Trivia Quiz | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...fasters have taken refuge against possible administrative intervention by moving into Hillel House, the only building on campus not owned by the school. They are eating no solid food and plan to fast "until it's counterproductive to continue," Abramowitz said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Berkeley, Wellesley, B.U. See Protests | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

...serve a closed community here at Harvard," says Patient Educator Kathleen M. Kniepmann, "and when someone has a bad experience, word spreads about very fast. If a person hears a bad story, he may very well decide, 'Well, I'm not going to go to UHS for my health care...

Author: By Macla Follette, | Title: In Firm Health: Diagnosing UHS | 4/3/1986 | See Source »

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