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Word: flash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...left him in there, and on the first pitch McCormick hit the longest foul I've ever seen. When it left the park it was still going up, but damn if Smokey doesn't turn to the dugout and flash that snake-in-the-grass smile of his. He was the only one in the whole park who knew what was going to happen next, and I guess he thought that was pretty funny...

Author: By Eric Pope, | Title: The Papal Bull | 5/10/1972 | See Source »

...players could not afford to make the journey northward. Phil Jonchkeer, Pete Kellogg, Dan Daiss, Reed McCarty and Doug Forrester did not travel with the team. Even with many of their best individual players absent, the aquamen exhibited excellent teamwork. Outstanding efforts were turned in by Tracy (Flash) Mallory, Alan (Bozo) Bozer, and (Clark) Kent Osband as well as the usually inspired performance of captain Mike Graff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Water Poloists Finish Fifth In International Competition | 5/10/1972 | See Source »

...total cost of the recall to about $30 million from an originally estimated $5,000,000, but that could be a small price for averting the sales slump that might be caused by safety fears. Last year Ford had to recall 220,000 Pintos after receiving reports that flash fires had occurred in the air filters of 100 of them, and when news of the trouble got out. Pinto sales briefly dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Detroit Recalls a Recall | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

...that allows a picture taker to see precisely the same image that eventually appears on film. Except for conventional focusing, the entire process is controlled automatically by a tiny system of integrated electronic circuits. For indoor pictures or where the light is poor, the camera uses a five-picture flash unit developed by General Electric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Breast-Pocket Polaroid | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

Riva Ridge's nine victories are all the more impressive because most of them have been won against top competition. As a two-year-old, he took the Flash, the Futurity, the Champagne Stakes, the Pimlico-Laurel Futurity and the Garden State, collecting a total of $503,263 in prize money. In his first trial as a three-year-old, following a long winter's rest, he ran away with the Hibiscus Stakes. After missing out in the Everglades, he returned to the winner's circle last week with a coasting four-length victory over ten other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: D-Day for Riva Ridge | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

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