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Word: fest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wild slug fest between Tom Mesereau of Eliot House and Hardy Wiedermann of Adams House brought the crowed of 100 spirited fans in the IAB to its feet, but the cheers turned to boos and heckels when referee Herbert Weissblum awarded the match to Mesereau...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Controversial Boxing Tourney Finishes in Dispute | 4/26/1973 | See Source »

...novel, Schwarz-Bart asks the 36 men to move over and make room for a woman. Her name is Solitude, a green-eyed mulatto who was conceived at sea during the pariade, the official rape fest common aboard 18th century slave ships when sailors were let loose in the cargo hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Out of Africa | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

...Radcliffe squad fought Princeton to a standoff until midway through the second 30-minute half, when Tiger right inner Emily Goodfellow caromed a powerful shot off the stick of 'Cliffe center half Nancy Soto which flew barely under the crossbar of the seven-fest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tigers Spill Cliffe Field Hockey, 2-0 | 11/14/1972 | See Source »

...schedule for the reunion is much the same as in previous years. The reunion theme has been dispensed with, after last year's "Fun Fest '45" attracted some adverse comment. But the dominant motif continues to be fun, food and alcohol, from the vichyssoise and cold cuts lunch for the entire family yesterday to lunch and cocktails Thursday for wives and college-age children while the classmates enjoy another private spread in the Sever Quad. In between, there is food and liquor atHarkness Commons, the Palmer-Dixon Courts, the Hasty Pudding. Lehman Hall, the Union. Essex Country Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Largest Reunion Ever Set for 450 From '46 | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

...participating corps, resplendent in their scarlets, blues, grays and whites, drummed and fifed their way through the streets of Deep River to a ball field on the outskirts of town. There, each group performed a medley of its favorite tunes in a five-hour fife-and-drum fest that left many of the uninitiated benumbed. The tunes ranged from Yankee Doodle and other Revolutionary War melodies like Road to Boston and The World Turned Upside Down, to such Civil War favorites as Marching Through Georgia and The Battle Cry of Freedom (Rally Round the Flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: The Deep River Ancient Muster | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

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