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Word: kop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard as a team, this was a few bad breaks short of a night mare. The icemen--now 13-2-2 overall, 11-2-1 in the ECAC--showed more rapid eye movement than rapid skate movement. The Bruins--now 7-12 overall, 4-10 ECAC--acted as Keystone Kop Dream Police...

Author: By Mike Knobler, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Snooze Past Brown, 2-1 | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

...zest for the better things in life, many of them Western. French wine is said to have flowed freely, and salads were served punctiliously after the main course, Continental-style. Other comrades may have patriotically downed vodka, but Andropov apparently preferred to sip Johnnie Walker Scotch. Sándor Kopácsi, a former Budapest chief of police who now lives in Toronto, was frequently on the Soviet Ambassador's guest list and recalls how Andropov used to borrow the police force's gypsy band. With a clear tenor voice, Andropov would join in song fests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: A Portrait in Light and Shadows | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

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