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Word: letdowns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...afraid of a letdown after B.U., but the kids showed me some stuff," coach Billy Cleary said after the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bruin Rally Knots Icemen; Crimson Loses Late Lead | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Harvard did suffer a minor letdown in the first half, coming off their stunning 2-1 mid-week upset of URI. But while the ball wandered from end to end as both clubs played scrappy rather than precision soccer. Harvard still created the better chances to score...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Booters Take Second Straight With 2-0 Win Over Dartmouth | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...knew Brown would be super psyched, and we had to hold them for the first 20 minutes," Scalise said. "Then when they didn't score off the psych, it was a letdown...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Women Booters Blitz Brown; Harvard Remains Undefeated | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

Talbott wallows in spicy off-the-record quotes. Using the words of one U.S. negotiator, he describes the letdown which followed a setback in the negotiations "as a kind of post-coital depression." While this technique might work in a Time article, it just can't sustain a 270-page book...

Author: By Richard F. Strasser, | Title: An Arsenal of Anecdotes | 9/26/1979 | See Source »

...YORK-There was a suspicious aura surrounding this game. Was Columbia as bad as Penthouse said it was in ranking the Lions among the 20 worst college football teams in America? Was the Crimson passing attack in for a severe letdown with the departures of Harvard record-holding quarterback Larry Brown and others, leaving untested Burke St. John at the offensive reins? Would the rushing attack be woefully undermanned without the services of the speedy Ralph Pollilio? Should the stands at ancient Baker Field be condemned as unfit for human habitation as much of the neighboring South Bronx has been...

Author: By David A. Wilson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Cages Lions In '79 Season Opener | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

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