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Word: laying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second half was all Brown, even from the opening tap. The visitors' tap play worked to perfection, freeing Donna Yaffe (a game-high 22 points) for a lay...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Quick Brown Zips Past Women Cagers, 81-67 | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

More specifically, the lack of transition defense. Harvard (8-16 overall, 2-8 Ivies) just watched as the visitors scored on lay-up after lay-up in their 11 minute...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Quick Brown Zips Past Women Cagers, 81-67 | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

Although Martin executed some snazzy lay-ups and jump shots. Harvard failed to reestablish the momentum which had carried it in the opening of the second half. Martin pumped in a team-high 24 points, shooting an admirable 12 for 19 from the floor. Her tally set a season record for the most points scored in one game by any individual...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Brown Dumps Women Hoopsters, 71-64 | 2/14/1985 | See Source »

...summer of 1963 I joined the Soviet mission to the U.N. Ambassador Nikolai Fedorenko, head of the mission, was an elegant man and a lenient boss whose consuming interest in foreign affairs lay in China. He was a true expert, a member of the Academy of Sciences. As time went on, he delegated more and more responsibility to others and retreated into scholarly pursuits. This earned him Gromyko's distrust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking with Moscow | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...lay in my berth almost the entire day, getting up only to run to the bathroom. But Nikolai Molyakov, deputy chief of the Department of International Organizations, taunted me. The best medicine for seasickness was to toss down "200 grams" of vodka, he said, urging me to accompany him to the bar. His suggestion made me feel even sicker, but I thought perhaps it would be more pleasant to die in the bar than on my bunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking with Moscow | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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