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Word: letterman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much to hope for, but then, nobody thought Boston College would win by two goals over B.U. Wednesday night. Or that a team made up of 10 returning letterman and a 17-2 freshman squad that beat Harvard twice would be staking the salvation of a season on a single game once again...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Harvard aims for high ECAC seed...Yale will be content with a victory | 2/26/1972 | See Source »

...Fire. The second-and third-generation inheritors of a faith tend to reduce a passion into a habit. Short on spirit, long on technicality, they are the lettermen. Abruptly jumping 100 years, switching the scene to Pennsylvania, and abandoning historical characters, De Hartog introduces as his letterman a New World Quaker businessman named Isaac Woodhouse. This Early American success figure may have been sober, industrious and honest even with Indians. But, in De Hartog's words, he also showed a positive "genius for compromise." Quaker slaveowners, for instance, intimidated slaves by showing whips without ever actually using them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Minding the Light | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

Behind 18-3, Ritchie Starr started the rally with a 2-1 decision at 177. Then, Scanlon pinned Bill Bilder in 3:26, and Mareno pinned letterman Bill Zweig in the heavyweight match to clinch...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Wrestlers' Late Rally Ties Penn; Scanlon and Mareno Lead Crimson | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

Pratt has been bothered by a bad back recently, but Barnaby predicted that the Crimson letterman would start today. "Lowell has enough experience and skill to overcome a small handicap at nine," he said...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Racquetmen Face Easy Win In Today's Battle With Navy | 12/11/1971 | See Source »

...Crimson can stay close through 158, the tide may turn. Letterman Starr, Dave Scanlon (190) and Angelo Mareno (unlim.) are all healed and the Quakers return only Rich Zweig...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Wrestlers Face Penn in Key Opener; Coach Confident of Upper Weights | 12/11/1971 | See Source »

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