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Word: lesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...series of minor and major injuries, scattered instances of the flu, and the absence of one key player from practice this week have left the Harvard football team at less than 100 per cent heading into tomorrow's home game versus Colgate...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Crimson Gridders Ailing As Colgate Game Looms | 10/6/1978 | See Source »

VATICAN CITY--Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church gathered for the second papal funeral in less than two months yesterday at the burial of Pope John Paul...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dignitaries Gather At Funeral Service Of Pope John Paul | 10/5/1978 | See Source »

Then I read Andrew Ward's Fits and Starts, touted by its publishers as "one of the funniest books in years." I didn't laugh once. Dismayed by the prospect of discarding either the theory or my own pretensions, I read it again. I laughed less...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: A Bad Start | 10/5/1978 | See Source »

...leans most heavily on self-deprecation, recounting complexion problems, physical and sexual awkwardness, troubles with athletics and school, which only embarasses the reader. Woody Allen, among others, used self-deprecation as a vehicle for more complex comedy; Ward flails away at himself and expects laughs. His self-deprecation seems less a comedic device than an unholy bargain, trading self-respect for laughs, resembling nothing so much as a child banging his head against the crib to gain attention...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: A Bad Start | 10/5/1978 | See Source »

...have more or less the same problem as the varsity--getting the goal on the board early," J.V. coach Mike Stricklin said after the defeat. The Harvard booters scored their lone goal with just six minutes left to play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minutemen Thwart J.V. Booters, 2-1 | 10/5/1978 | See Source »

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