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Word: garnering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...curious that there's such universal agreement on the poor quality of many of today's TV shows [March 12], yet these very same programs are the ones that garner the highest ratings? Someone must be watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 2, 1979 | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

Freshman sensation Adam Dixon, senior John Chafee and junior Thad McNulty and John Murphy also gained All-American honors at the NCAAs with an outstanding third-place finish in the two-mile relay. They form the nucleus of a solid corps of runners, which figures to garner many points over the course of the schedule...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Tracksters Sprint and Spring Into Action | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

...little support from her three teammates. Number two fencer Jenny Laforet stormed back from a 4-1 deficit to edge Feldman, 5-4, in her first bout; but she could not sustain that kind of effort. At times she appeared to misjudge her distance from her opponents, letting them garner easy touches when she thought they could not reach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skilled Elis Slice Past Women, 10-6 | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

Last June, Herbert Armstrong excommunicated his mellifluous TV preacher son Garner Ted, 48, who now operates a 3,000-member offshoot, the Church of God, International, from Tyler, Texas. Since the family fallout, the Worldwide Church has been run by Rader, a lawyer who was baptized by Herbert in 1975. The suit claims that Rader, whose 40-year-old secretary wed Herbert Armstrong in April 1977, may have reaped the profit from the $1.8 million sale of his Beverly Hills estate, which allegedly was maintained at church expense. The suit also raises questions about Rader's financial involvement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Propheteering? | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

Oberg put up a tough tussle, losing a close match by a 2-0 score. Both wrestlers failed to score in the first period, but Wildcat Doug Hess managed to garner a point on a quick escape in the second period and another for riding time in the third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNH Prevails Over Grapplers, 21-20 | 12/12/1978 | See Source »

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