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Word: lightweight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...customers want to buy them. Businessmen have got their inventories down, and their order books are filling up. Even the two countries with sick currencies, Britain and Italy, are deriving some benefits. Tourists are pouring into Britain to snap up bargains: a South American lawyer recently bought 2,000 lightweight suits from Marks & Spencer in London. Italian exporters are taking advantage of a cheap lira to post remarkable increases in foreign sales of clothing, appliances and machine tools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Sudden Surge in Europe | 5/17/1976 | See Source »

...lightweight varsity is seeded second in a field of five. "It's going to be an interesting race," Huntsman promised...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Harvard Oarsmen Sprint to Princeton... ...Radcliffe Crews Seek Eastern Titles | 5/14/1976 | See Source »

...lightweight J.V. has been split into two fours for the sprints. "Both crews have really started moving well in the last week, despite a lot of rigging problems," he explained. "They'll be there...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Harvard Oarsmen Sprint to Princeton... ...Radcliffe Crews Seek Eastern Titles | 5/14/1976 | See Source »

Harvard crew coach John Higginson has a sign hanging over the door of his lightweight oarsmen's locker room which reads, "Please don't feed the oarsmen." The sign serves two purposes. First, it reminds the rowers to stay under the prohibitory 160 pound limit and second it keeps the crew sufficiently hungry from race to race that come each weekend the Crimson lights go out and feast on whatever unsuspecting boats come their...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Lightweights Hope to Feast at Sprints | 5/14/1976 | See Source »

This year the menu looks just as tantalizing and the chance of the Crimson dominating the Sprints just as likely. The two crews which hope to outrow Harvard for a taste of the title are Penn and Dartmouth. The latter has already fallen to the bite of the lightweight's oars...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Lightweights Hope to Feast at Sprints | 5/14/1976 | See Source »

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