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Word: jumbo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Goalie Ellen Seidler registered her first shutout, turning away all seven shots by the Tufts attackers. Radcliffe had an impressive 16 shots at the Jumbo netminder...

Author: By John Blondel, | Title: Tufts Succumbs To Stickwomen In 4-0 Laugher | 10/7/1976 | See Source »

With 11 minutes left in the second stanza, Mlezcko slapped in her second score as the contest became a rout. At this point the Radcliffe attack increased its control of the listless Jumbo defense, while its hapless opponents failed to capitalize on the 'Cliffe's numerous defensive lapses...

Author: By John Blondel, | Title: Tufts Succumbs To Stickwomen In 4-0 Laugher | 10/7/1976 | See Source »

Tufts may have been stronger at the end, but it didn't matter since Harvard put the game away in the first half. Midway through the first quarter, halfback Ron Jellison slipped around right end and sprinted 59 yards downfield to the Jumbo ten yard line...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Freshman Gridders Bomb Tufts, 27-13 | 10/5/1976 | See Source »

...Japanese fighter with a student pilot at the controls plowed into an All Nippon Airways Boeing 727. Even so, in an era of constantly expanding aircraft capacity, the Yugoslav accident was not the worst crash on record. That doubtful honor still belongs to a Turkish Airlines DC-10 jumbo that crashed near Paris two years ago, killing all 345 people aboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Look Up in Horror | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

...anywhere," says Manhattan Designer Barbara Marsten. "But you have to come to us for something garish." So one does, judging by the brobdingnagian baubles designed by Marsten's firm, appropriately named Caveat Emptor. The latest in nouveau gauche is a collection of oversized diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other jumbo gems made of mug-proof cardboard. The paper jewels, actually collages made from color photographs of real gems, are meant to dangle from the neck on elasticized "platinum-colored" chains. On the back of each cutout is a wry put-on and putdown of the world's most illustrious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Cardboard Carats | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

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