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Word: jinxes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard quarterbacks continued to fall victim to the injury plague like so many medieval Europeans. After a sputtery offensive quarter and a half, Mike Smerczynski scrambled back toward the line of scrimmage and went down hard. He limped off the field with a badly sprained ankle, and the jinx lives...

Author: By David A. Wilson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Big Red Crush Crimson at Schoellkopf | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...hapless Bruins encountered the famous Montreal jinx, as the Canadiens seemingly invincible on their home ice, outskated the visitors from start to finish in a penalty-ridden contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Canadiens Thrash Bruins, 4-1; Savard Notches Three Assists | 5/24/1978 | See Source »

...clumsiness of the finale, however, barely tarnishes the polish of the entire show. As Robin lifts the jinx on the Murgatroyds, so this G&S production lifts the jinx on the opera itself. This Ruddigore is almost perfect--worth seeing twice. The Gilbert and Sullivan Players have done it again, and nobody does it better...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Bloody Good G&S | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

Cleary: So what's the story, Mike? Do the Terriers have some sort of jinx...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: You Don't Say | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

Crimson: So what's the story, coach? Do the Terriers have some sort of jinx...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: You Don't Say | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

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