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Word: flukes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...proving last Saturday's Adams Cup victory was no fluke, the Middies outdistanced third-place Harvard by 3.6 seconds and fourth-place Penn by 4.2 seconds. It was the first time in eight years that the Crimson varsity failed to take the championship...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Navy Ends Crimson Sprint Domination | 5/10/1971 | See Source »

...will take quite a performance to restore all of the confidence lost in Saturday's 432-stroke fiasco against Navy at Annapolis. "That Navy match was a nightmare, but I think it was a fluke. We were tight and the wind just threw us off," junior Skip Kistner said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golfers Hope for Win | 4/16/1971 | See Source »

...finally came back with a goal at 14:31, but once again Harvard stretched its lead to three, scoring on somewhat of a fluke goal in the first minute of the final period. Dan DiMichele notched this unexpected gift, whipping a centering pass from behind the cage off the B.U. goalie's leg into...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Crimson Puckmen Stun B. U. in ECAC's, 4-2 | 3/13/1971 | See Source »

Those head shots which Frazier landed late in the fight were little more than a fluke. The groundwork for the slaughter of the last five rounds had been skillfully laid during the previous ten. Forget Ali's jaw for a moment. Even if he couldn't talk to reporters after the fight, even if that lip of his will be hung up for a few days, it isn't nearly as hurt as his midsection, which will probably be on ice for the next few weeks...

Author: By M. DAVID Landau, | Title: On the Ropes | 3/10/1971 | See Source »

...Bruins tied it up on a nice shot by Wayne Radomsky early in the second period and continually gave Harvard abuse in the corners that was infrequently returned. Harvard regained the lead on a fluke, no-angle shot by Bob McManama, but Brown came right back on another nice slapshot, this time by Dave Patterson...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Brown Surprises Hockey Team 3-2 | 2/11/1971 | See Source »

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