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Word: layoff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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McHale, the NBA's sixth leading regular-season scorer, suited up but rested his sprained right ankle. The defending champion Celtics, meanwhile, showed no rustiness from a six-day layoff following their first-round sweep of Chicago...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Bird's 40 Points Leads Celts Over Bucks | 5/6/1987 | See Source »

After a two-year layoff from lacrosse (McBride's stress fractures kept her on the sidelines her senior year in high school), McBride didn't even know whether she would make the team. But she did well in indoor practice, applying some of her basketball talents--an aggressive inside game and excellent faking ability--to lacrosse...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Lacrosse's Kelly McBride | 4/25/1987 | See Source »

Sugar Ray Leonard returned to the ring in spectacular fashion after a three-year layoff and upset Marvelous Marvin Hagler last night to become middleweight champion...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Leonard Stuns Hagler | 4/7/1987 | See Source »

Each is the victim of a specific eviction by a condominium developer, a deinstitutionalization program, a factory layoff, or even an anachronistically starry-eyed journey to America. Some have lost a screw somewhere. All have lost their peace of mind...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: The Problem With `The Homeless Problem' | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...Layoff lag: Since 1953, Harvard is only 20-14 in the first game after its three-week break...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Falling From the Heavens | 1/16/1987 | See Source »

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