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Word: keyed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Coach Pete Roby's offensive committee has averaged more than 78 points per game so far this year, despite a sub-par shooting percentage. Once the Crimson's key scorers--notably Tri-Captain Mike Gielen, forward Neil Phillips, and Evers--get hot, those point totals may soar...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Looking For Company | 12/9/1987 | See Source »

...Molloy: One of UNH's key scorers, Keith Carpenter, was surprisingly quiet on the court Saturday. The guard was just 1-for-6 from the field, and missed all three of his free throws...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Up and Down Cagers Seek Equilibrium | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

...executives just have to look at the World Series champions to see how much a single key acquisition can improve their ballclubs. The Minnesota Twins acquired the player they needed, reliever Jeff Reardon, last winter, and Reardon propelled his new team past the Cards in the Series...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Winter Trade Winds | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

...intrusive questions meet canned replies. How could they not? By this point in a campaign, a candidate has answered more & repetitive questions than a Soviet defector undergoing a CIA debriefing. Spontaneity is in such short supply that the press treats an original response as if it were the skeleton key to the candidate's soul. Such scrutiny is the enemy of candor, since contenders face no short-term dangers by telling the truth as blandly as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Character Issue: Enough Already | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...need a grand detente, and Gorbachev has a considerable mandate to get it." In particular, Gorbachev seems to have the support of the Soviet military. Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev, chief of the Soviet general staff, accompanied Shevardnadze to the meeting in Geneva and, by Shultz's account, was a "key person" in working out the verification measures that clinched the INF deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan and Gorbachev: The Odd Couple | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

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