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Word: jam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tiger southpaw Greg Kuzma scattered four hits and three walks to shut out the Crimson in yesterday's opener. Harvard threatened in the fourth inning, but Kuzma got out of the jam with one of his five strikeouts...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Batsmen Sweep Red; Swept by Tigers | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

During the attack, air force personnel, flying a Boeing 707 fitted with electronic jamming devices, hovered about 100 miles outside Tunisian airspace, close enough to jam communications in the area. The Boeing 707 also served as a relay station between Israeli personnel off the Tunisian coast, the hit squad and I.D.F. headquarters in Tel Aviv. Throughout the operation, the commanding general, Ehud Barak, 47, the army's Deputy Chief of Staff, stayed aboard the vessel in the Mediterranean. Barak had participated in a similar operation in April 1973, when Israeli commandos raided Palestinian headquarters in Beirut, killing three P.L.O. leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Assignment: Murder | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...pretty windy," Harvard Coach Ed Krass said. "It was definitely an equalizer for B.C. We worked our way out of a tough jam. The team showed a lot of character...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netwomen Cruise Past B.C. | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

Even aside from the stuff, though, the jam was the best a capella concert at Harvard in recent memory. The Dins performed everything from a song with a South African beat to a heavy metal medley. Even members of other Harvard singing groups conceded that the concert was unique, and that the Dins flowed seamlessly among diverse and unusual singing and dancing styles...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Packer, | Title: Free for All | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...Dins top the "Free Stuff" Jam? Since they did not rehearse the special effects showstopper, and it still went off so well, Din Mike Kelly says, "The only way to top that may be to let Ed Yim eat a live hand-grenade...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Packer, | Title: Free for All | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

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