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Word: liz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...real heartbreaker," said Captain Liz Reid, "but it was still an improvement over last week." She added that the timing, quickness and endurance had stepped up since the loss to Dartmouth. Since fourth-ranked Yale only managed to squeak by. Radcliffe's ranking for the eastern sprints will advance a few notches up from ninth. The team plans to channel its frustration from the last two losses into power drills and timing exercises in preparation for the Eastern Sprints set for May 15 in Connecticut...

Author: By Maria C. Barbuto, | Title: Yale Nips Radcliffe Crew In Last Race Before Sprints | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Knowing laughter begins, as if one needs more than a superficial knowledge to recognize the all-too-obvious similarities between life and art: Liz and Dick were married, just like Elyot and Amanda, Liz and Dick were divorced, just like Elyot and Amanda, could Liz and Dick get back together again? Actually, they could, and did, and their second marriage ended badly, too. But if audience reaction serves as any barometer, then America hungers for a third chapter when Burton and Taylor first kiss in Act One, the audience whistles and cheers, as if it intends to will a romantic...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Invasion of Privacy | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

Lizandick (liz n 'dik) n. pl. [contemporary usage fr. Liz and Dick, often followed by exclamation point, i.e., Lizandick!] 1. Archaic. Mythic American actress and Welsh actor whose names were eternally coupled despite their celebrated uncoupling(s) 2. Aging and forever expanding histrionic duo whose sum is greater than their individual parts, and whose mutual moves are perpetually played out in public (did you hear that ~ started a limited-run revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives in Boston last week?). 3. Any pair of people who come together, split, come together, split, until they seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 18, 1983 | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...good race," said heavyweight team Captain Liz Reid, adding, "We had good control of the conditions." Although Brown jumped to an early two-seat lead, the Radcliffe heavies pulled even at the 500-meter mark. Brown sprinted at the 1000-meter mark but couldn't maintain its speed as the Black and White stepped up the pace in the final 30 strokes to vanquish Brown by three seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe's Light and Heavy Crews Take Season Openers on Charles | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...very emotional thing." Liz Cooper, a former chairman of Penn's Undergraduate Assembly and one of the rally's principal student organizers, said yesterday. "I had people come up to me after the rally and say they were really moved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Accuses U. of Penn. Frat Of Gang Rape | 3/23/1983 | See Source »

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