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Word: fouling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worst aspect of Meatballs is that it plays against his strengths. His combination of brashness and tenderness would work perfectly in a romantic comedy, something along the lines of Foul Play. Instead, Murray has tried to emulate Belushi: Meatballs is an Animal House ripoff, transplanted from the campus to a summer camp. The film demands that its star be wild and gross-characteristics for which Murray has no great affinity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Animal Bunk | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...fare thee well, most foul, most fair...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Dons, Dummies and Directors | 7/10/1979 | See Source »

More than foul weather is behind the slump. Experts on the Soviet economy point out that it has been slowing down for several years. Since 1976, which marked the start of the tenth Five Year Plan, annual growth has averaged 3.9% a year; in the first years of the decade, the average was 6%. The country now faces a serious labor shortage in industrialized areas, productivity has been sagging, and Soviet planners have yet to cope with serious management problems. Says Dimitri Simes, director of Soviet studies at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies: "The Soviets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Frosty Figures | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...Engineers could not catch up to Keyte's heater when it did cross the plate, as only one of MIT's three safeties was hit hard. The only other shot was a windblown foul home run by massive Carl Nowiszewski...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Batsmen Blow Away MIT, 9-0 in GBL Opener | 4/11/1979 | See Source »

...kept the pressure on in the fourth when Dewey hit his homer, a towering foul corraled into fair territory by the blustering wind...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Red Sox Open Strong, Shell Wise, Indians, 7-1 | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

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