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Word: held (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Yale (5-1, 3-0) held Columbia (0-6, 0-4) to nine first downs, and the Lions crossed midfield only twice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Streak Ends: Bruins Shock Big Red | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...made them make mistakes," Lem said. "If this continues, some interesting things will be happening at the Ivy League tournament [held November 10-12 in Philadelphia]. We'll know our standing by the way we play in our invitational...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Spikers Edge Out Tigers | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...holds seances to heal broken limbs, scars and blindness. Kashpirovsky claims to have helped hundreds of people through surgery without anesthesia and to have mesmerized others into losing up to 60 lbs. The Ukrainian has thousands of fans, apparently even among the bureaucracy. Last week, under official auspices, Kashpirovsky held a briefing at the Foreign Ministry Press Center. "People sometimes see me and idolize me," he said, adding that he could treat AIDS. "Give me 500 or 600 patients in a hall. I am sure that several months later some will be cured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elvis | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...bottle's contents might seem familiar and sour, the more radical reformers among the Communists wanted an even sharper break with the past, including expulsion of Old Guard hard-liners. In the end, moderates led by Rezso Nyers, 66, who was elected party president, stitched together a compromise that held the party together but may jeopardize its chances in the next elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hungary: Now You See It? | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...political power led by Omar Torrijos Herrera, who seized control of the military in a coup 21 years ago. A cholo (a Spanish-American Indian), Torrijos gave fellow cholos, blacks, Chinese and other nonwhites new influence, both within the military and in the government. This broke the traditional monopoly held by the country's wealthy class of European descendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sources of The Strongman's Strength | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

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