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Word: fourth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talking about a score of Princeton 24, Harvard 0, with the third quarter drawing to a close. And we're talking about then sophomore quarterback Tim Davenport, who entered the game in the fourth quarter, put 21 quick Crimson points on the scoreboard, and came within a bobbled snap from center of Frank Champi-like immortality...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Invade Princeton; Top Spot Is at Stake | 10/23/1976 | See Source »

Defensively the Tigers, anchored by All-Ivy performer Ted Schiller, are solid and experienced--they stand fourth in the country in pass defense--but a defense generally can't score points, just prevent them...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Invade Princeton; Top Spot Is at Stake | 10/23/1976 | See Source »

Which means that the players will probably shake each other's hands after the game, a probable Crimson victory. And Tim Davenport might even get a chance to play again. Only this time, if he enters the game in the fourth quarter, the 24-point advantage will probably be in Harvard's favor...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Invade Princeton; Top Spot Is at Stake | 10/23/1976 | See Source »

...Swiss Alps 400 workers are in their fourth year of construction on a huge three-dam hydroelectric complex designed to provide Switzerland with all its electricity upon completion in two years...

Author: By Jon Alter, | Title: Migrant Laborers Build a Dam in Switzerland | 10/19/1976 | See Source »

...time and the cultural insulation that can prevent a writer from telling his story. What a story it turns out to be. The 17-year-old Kunta Kinte is sold to a Spotsylvania County, Va., planter for $850 and renamed Toby. But Kunta does not tame easily. Following his fourth escape attempt, half his right foot is cut off by professional slave catchers. He eventually becomes the buggy driver for a physician. In 1789 Kunta marries a slave woman named Bell, who bears their daughter Kizzy. At 15, Kizzy is sold to a North Carolina planter who promptly rapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: African Genesis | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

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