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Word: junior (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long-run characters in American fiction, he is moody, sensuous, suspicious, quixotic, cynical, compassionate-and funny. He has achieved independence from "plastic credit cards, payroll deductions, insurance programs, retirement benefits, Green Stamps, time clocks, newspapers, mortgages, sermons, miracle fabrics, deodorants, checklists, time payments, political parties, lending libraries, television, actresses, Junior Chambers of Commerce, pageants, progress and manifest destiny." Hence his license to purge iniquity. Unlike most of his fictional colleagues, the creaky crusader visibly ages. "He grows older at about one-third the natural rate," says MacDonald, who hovers above 60. "Otherwise, I could be senile before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Mid-Life Surge of McGee | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...comedy" revue starring Chris Clemenson, Grace Shohet, Brian McCue, and Fred Barton. Now we can get the same ten laughs we used to get in ten minutes, skimming the Lampoon during a tenure on the Porcelain Throne, spread out over a full two hours in the congenial Adams House Junior Common Room--this truly is the miracle of what the Poonies call "the living theater...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Dissertation on Roast Pig | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...other singles draw, junior Meg Meyer cruised to the finals of her bracket Saturday, only to find the going a bit rougher Sunday...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Racquetwomen Win State Title | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Section 80 never changes much. This year, like last year and the one before, the kid with the ankle weights showed up. He can palm the ball now, and his goofy smile is a little more abashed; but he still wears the ratty junior high basketball jacket. The old guy, who once reffed college ball and now depends on the bottle in his paper bag, was there too--and the brothers from Roslindale who help run the union during...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Larry Bird -- Savior for Section 80 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...scored again on a mix-up play in front of the net at 33:02. But Harvard had the last laugh when junior Cecille Scoon scooted the ball down the left hand side from the midfield and settled the score at 7-2 with two minutes left to play...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: St. Louis Gets Hat Trick As Women Booters Roll; Terriers Bow Wow, 7-2 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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