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Word: gymnasium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gymnasium to watch Dominique do his stuff. Naturally, North Carolina State, a perennial basketball power, was interested. Concedes its athletic director, Willis Casey: "We wanted him in the worst way." David Thompson, a former N.C. State forward who is now one of the highest paid players in the National Basketball Association, sent Dominique a personal, written-by-hand letter. The school gave him free tickets to its home games. And when that snazzy red and white Chrysler showed up in the driveway outside his mother's modest apartment in the Runyon Creek public housing project, everyone assumed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Carolina: The Strange Case of Dr. Dunk | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

...remaining in Park's current term, there were signs that he wanted to limit his tenure in Seoul's presidential Blue House and lead the country's transformation to a genuine democracy. In an acceptance statement to the electors in the capitol's cavernous municipal gymnasium, he said: "I will observe the constitution, safeguard the nation, and strive for increased freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Park's Man Takes Power | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...Matina Horner, an open gymnasium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Christmas Reuelry | 12/14/1979 | See Source »

...young girls are afraid to venture out of their homes to attend classes at night, and that "some criminals have been publicly blocking roads, committing robberies, murders, rapes, and thefts of both public and private property." Several weeks ago, at a rally of 3,000 people in a city gymnasium, six hooligans were sentenced to terms of eight to 13 years for street muggings, burglaries and harassing women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Pickpockets, Muggers, Thieves | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Nearly two and a half hours after Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin received Fordham's distinguished alumni award, his squad lost an agonizing double-overtime contest to the Rams, 81-78, here in Rose Hill Gymnasium...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cagers Tumble in Double OT | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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