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Word: leape (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Callinan continued to get the call on most first downs in the third quarter, but didn't shine again until the last stanza when he made a diving leap for a 25-yd. St. John special to bring the Crimson to Yale's nine-yd. line...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Callinan Charges Harvard Offense | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...fields such as anthropology, biology, psychology, and sociology, to examine carefully the appearance of sociobiological ideas in their disciplines. It is not merely a matter of exposing the lack of scientific foundation for these theories. The recent events in Europe show us that it is not that great a leap from quasi-scientific theories in academia to their political application...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Misusing Sociobiology | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

When a Southern Airways DC-9 crashed in rain and hail near New Hope, Ga., in 1977, Flight Attendant Sandy Purl was not among the 70 dead. But she came to wish she had been. Hospitalized and sedated for shock, Purl would leap from her bed each night shouting, "Grab your ankles!" and try to force other patients into the classic precrash body position. A year later, she was still overcome with guilt that she had survived and her passengers died. One recurrent fantasy was that her arms and legs were gone. Says Purl: "I thought maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Facing the Fear of Flying | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...them in." Them are American women, and it was only half a dozen years ago that they began to be admitted, little by little, to the executive establishment. Whitman knows because when she meets groups of bankers, she sees more and more women junior executives, poised for that big leap up to higher management. But almost all are age 32 or 33 or younger-and practically none are older...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: Women Shake the Work Force | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...first place, the Swedish Academy generally doesn't award the prize to a theoretical physicist until after his theory is completely proven. Embarassing situations might otherwise arise. While all evidence points clearly toward its being correct, thorough proof remains elusive. So, as Glashow terms it, the award is "a leap of faith." Also, the prize traditionally is not awarded to a scientist right away. As colleague Paul Bamberg says, "it's like electing old timers to the Hall of Fame...

Author: By James Aisenberg, | Title: An Invitation To Stockholm | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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