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Word: lief (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hurting? Evidently it is a minority of farmers who unwisely took on onerous debts in the mid-1970s to buy costly new acreage in the be lief that prices for farm land would continue to soar. The typical farmer, who has a modest 170 in debt for every dollar in assets, has no need to raise Cain in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Farmers Raising Cain | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...Giulini is the rare maestro who is truly loved by his musicians. They may grumble about his perfectionism or his occasionally erratic tempi. But, says Victor Aitay, Chicago's co-concertmaster, "he approaches music as a religion, like the devoted Catholic he is. He feels his be lief so convincingly that it seems to us that this is the right way to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Musical Chairs for the Maestros | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...although national team member Lief Soderberg decided to hang up his oar for this year and starboard oarsman Mike Loucks has moved up to the heavyweight ranks, Higginson's eight will still be the boat to beat, as it kicks off its season today against Columbia and Rutgers...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Harvard, Radcliffe Armada Takes to High Seas | 4/17/1976 | See Source »

...East to West, and North to South might just as well place their oars into winter storage, since Harvard's lights swept away with the laurels in the lightweight eights event and regrouped to place second in the fours division behind a mixed entry stroked by Harvard senior light Lief Soderberg...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Crews, Chaos Converge for Head of the Charles | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...American lightweight crew, which includes Harvard oarsmen Steven Heller, Lief Soderberg and Ned Reynolds, won a hard fought victory over Canada's national lightweight squad by one-half length, taking 6 minutes 17.5 seconds for the 2000 meter course...

Author: By Linda Novak, | Title: Six Harvard, 'Cliffe Rowers Win Events at Henley Regatta | 8/5/1975 | See Source »

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