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Word: gets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guess he was just physically and mentally drained," Zimmerman said. "It's kind of hard to play someone who's doing that because you start to ease up, too, and then he'll start hitting again. You get totally out of your rhythm...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Netmen Dominate at Harvard Invitational | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

Debris? Empty pizza boxes are debris. Copies of The Harvard Independent, Perspective, The Salient, The Advocate, Padan Aram and the Harvard Lampoon are not. Nor are any of the other publications that hundreds of students on this campus spend hours of their time trying to get people to read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speech, Not Debris | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...They Never Said It goes a little gung-ho on detail. Some things are better left unsaid. Although comparing the misquotes with the real thing is fun, reading descriptions of how statements got mangled tends to get boring...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Bartlett's Book of Misquotations | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

...well-connected sleazeball who recruits naive high schoolers to North Carolina State with visions of national TV, number-one rankings, superstardom and sports cars, only to sit them on the bench? The racist manipulator who covers up his players' drug problems, illiteracy and criminal tendencies without trying to get them help? The egomaniac who pressures professors and administrators into preserving eligibility for Wolfpack cagers in his single-minded pursuit of NCAA glory and the all-mighty buck...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Scandals Off the Court With Jim Valvano's N.C. State | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

Quote of the Week: "I just said to myself, `When I get the ball next time, I'm going to hold on to it, hold on tight.' [Columbia was] trying to strip the ball from us all day."--Harvard running back Jim Reidy after fumbling on the squad's opening drive against Columbia Saturday. Reidy didn't fumble again and went on to rush for 139 yards in the Crimson's 26-10 victory...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: No More Tee-Time For College Kickers | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

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