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Word: fining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though Maggie Topkis is fine in several scenes, particularly when relating the story of her first and last high-school love, she has none of the delicacy and fragility that link Laura to her glass animals. And her acting is annoyingly obvious at times, showing instead of feeling...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: The Smash Menagerie | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...surprises came from people like long jumper Jim Johnson, triple jumper Shawn Hall, sprinter Marc Chapus and hurdler Chuck Johnson, all of whom won their events. These fine performances, added to the customary superb distance running from All-Americans Thad McNulty, John Murphy and Adam Dixon, as well as Noel Scidmore, Peter Johnson and others, to provide the Crimson with...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Thinclads Storm Past Hapless Bruins in Opener | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...seriousy. Dixon was a two-time All-Metro selection and he led the Crimson in a pre-season exhibition with 12 points against Canadian Athletes in Action. His electric style of play prompts Allen to say, "he's combination of Alton Bryd (Columbia's graduated star guad) and Glen Fine (Harvard's graduated playmaker and Rhodes Scholar)." A pleasing...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers to Debut Tonight | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...managed Boston University: "Why should I have regrets for being as successful as I have, in saving an institution that was on the edge of bankruptcy, threatened by mediocrity on the one hand and by fiscal instability on the other? This institution is an extraordinarily fine one. It has vastly increased the number of outstanding faculty since I've been here. There's not a single continuing program in Boston University that is not vastly stronger today from an academic standpoint than it was when I came here. And this institution is far stronger financially. And it is far more...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: John R. Silber: War and Peace at Boston University | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

Noraid's leaders contend that the organization does not supply money or weapons for the Provos gunmen. They insist that the group's sole purpose is to help support the families of fighters killed or imprisoned by the British. Yet the line is a fine one, as even Flannery concedes: "Our support for their families enables them [the Provos] to make other uses of their money, so in that respect, yes, we're financing the I.R.A." Because Noraid has long been registered in the U.S. as an agent for the Irish Northern Aid Committee of Belfast, Flannery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Passing the Hat for the Provos | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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