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Word: lob (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...number-two spot, Radcliffe's Susan Handy dropped her first two games, but proceeded to seize the next two with a series of floating lob serves and well-timed reverse corner drops. Her hard-hitting Princeton foe, Emily Goodfellow, squeezed by to take the match...

Author: By Ellen B. Fair, | Title: Tigers Blank Cliffe Squash Team, 7-0 | 2/19/1974 | See Source »

...guerrilla position is strongest in Guinea-Bissau (pop. 600,000); they control about one-third of the territory and one-fifth of the population. Two years ago, they got close enough to the capital city of Bissau to lob a few rockets into its outskirts. They have not been able to do so since. In Angola (pop. 5,700,000), the guerrillas of three separate rebel organizations maintain a steady campaign of harassment, but their strength is dissipated by bickering among themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: The Persistent Empire | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

Captain Steve Kidder, the Harvard goalie, turned in the outstanding performance of the game making 16 saves. Early in the game he blocked a high lob to the right corner and then dove to block a shot to the left corner of the goal. On two occasions he stole goals from Husky wing Sotiris Tsantiris, blocking shots with spectacular dives from a very close range...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Loses to UConn In Well-Played 1-0 Game | 10/18/1973 | See Source »

Columbia fumbled the kick-off and Harvard got the ball back on the Lion 12. Holt came back in and on third and seven tossed a short lob to junior halfback Steve Dart at the five. Dart took it in for the score. Tetirick's toe put Harvard on the half century mark...

Author: By Ronald W. Wade, | Title: Powerful Crimson Offense Bombs Columbia, 57-0 | 10/15/1973 | See Source »

Such aplomb befits the girl who has become the game's most attractive fashion plate since Gussie Moran flashed her lace-trimmed panties at Wimbledon more than two decades ago. Teeny lob-bers everywhere are mirroring the "Chrissie look": gold loop earrings, modishly cut tennis frocks, long hair parted in the middle and tied back with colored yarn, and-look Ma!-a two-handed backhand. The Chris Evert line of Puritan Tennis outfits, frilly, form-fitting tennis togs splashed with pastels, makes the squarish whites of old look like straitjackets. Now, with the figure to complement the filigree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chris Evert: Miss Cool on the Court | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

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