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Word: goofing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defensive about the press. "Now it seems to be fashionable to make out Agnew to be some kind of goof," he tells friends. "I don't think I'm a brain. I've got an I.Q. of about 135 when it was last tested. I think that's pretty fair." He has been known to remark unhappily: "I'm still fighting the idea of being a rather ill-equipped, fumbling, obtuse kind of person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: SPIRO AGNEW: THE KING'S TASTER | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

...FIRE PATROL game grew more popular as the fire grew less dangerous. Men would goof off in small groups on the fire line until the supervisor's helicopter appeared in the distance. Then the hillside would come alive with men dramatically extinguishing blazes that happened to be their own lunch fires. The fire boss would circle overhead a few times, return to camp, write his report, and then go fishing for Arctic grayling in the nearest stream. The men would then return to their routine--putting out occasional smokes on the perimeter, but telling stories or dirty jokes for much...

Author: By Mark W. Oberle, | Title: Why Not Let the Forests Burn? | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

...Cross Country Goof Top Scorers G A PTS Alexandridis, Cornel 9 3 12 Brewster, Brown 6 5 11 Mueller, Yale 4 5 9 Davidson, Princeton 4 4 8 Irwin, Dartmouth 4 3 7 Oyekan, Yale 6 0 6 Bogovich, Harvard...

Author: By James M. Fallows and William R. Galeota, S | Title: Hanratty Named All-American QB; USC's Simpson Awarded Heisman | 11/27/1968 | See Source »

Brian Dowling, who was named honorable All-American, was the only player from New England mentioned in the poll. Cross Country Goof Final Standings W L T PTS Brown 6 1 0 12 Pennsylvania 5 2 0 10 Yale 4 3 0 8 Cornell 3 4 0 6 Harvard 2 3 2 6 Columbia 2 4 1 5 Dartmouth 2 4 1 5 Princeton...

Author: By James M. Fallows and William R. Galeota, S | Title: Hanratty Named All-American QB; USC's Simpson Awarded Heisman | 11/27/1968 | See Source »

Certainly nobody in his right mind gives himself a higher score for a hole than he actually shot. Why should he be penalized at all for such an obviously unintentional goof? Only in the case of a golfer who signs for a lower score does the question of intent arise-and even then, a quick investigation should satisfy officials as to whether cheating was involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Defeated by the Rule | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

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