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Word: feet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lent money to the daily Free Press and worked out an arrangement where they could pay back a huge sum of money--around $16,000--and kept them alive until they finally got on their feet financially," he added...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Investigation Finds B.U. Violates Rights | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...drilling obviously poses a considerable risk to a rare and important ecosystem with a resource that, unlike oil, is renewable. Twelve thousand years ago, Georges Bank was dry land at the end of a glacier. It is still as shallow as nine feet in parts, and 300 feet at its deepest; one fisherman's tale has it that a ship's crew was able to play baseball on a shoal after a storm. The Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current converge at the site and circulate a hearty brew of nutrients on which plankton thrive and proliferate. Fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Georges Bank: Fish or Fuel? | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Kydes stole the ball at midfield to start the play which produced the goal and raised Harvard's record to 11-0. He dribbled 10 yards and passed to Gomez, who had slipped cutting towards the center. Gomez, regaining his feet quickly, shot the ball to Thomas in the corner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters Salvage Unbeaten Season | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...back-up group, the "I Threes," has improved and the percussion hammers with greater variety. Marley relies often on the harmonica, using it in original ways. Junior Marvin dazzles on lead guitar, interpreting fine intricate melodies though other instrumentation often buries his talent. (Marvin brought the crowd to its feet last summer with his acid-rock, Hendrix-style riffs; when Marley came out, Marvin toned down...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Reggae Revolution | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

...University of Oregon. The rest of the conference lived to regret its lack of ardor: Fouts set 19 school offensive records while passing for a three-year total of 5,995 yds. and 37 touchdowns. Picked on the third round by San Diego, he settled in at the feet of Johnny Unitas, then 40, who was finishing his football career. "I went to him for advice and for a shoulder to cry on," Fouts says of Unitas. "I tried to emulate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Redemption of Fouts | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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