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Word: low (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Paul Steck, Cornell's three-time Eastern champion, won both the high and low board contests over the weekend...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Greacen Qualifies for NCAA Diving | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Steve Schramm, the Crimson's other springboard superstar who is still recovering from head and shoulder injuries sustained in a diving accident February 28, barely missed qualifying in the low board. His score (446.52) was 1.63 points behind Mike Gurnee of Columbia's fourth-place total...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Greacen Qualifies for NCAA Diving | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...Glee Club performed in 24 cities in the U.S. and Canada over an eight-week period. Traveling mainly by bus, the club gave 32 concerts before an estimated 60,000 people and spent $55,000, a figure that William M. Gorjance '79, summer tour manager, said "was a relatively low budget compared to other tours--I was conscious of transportation costs...

Author: By Cynthia A. Torres, | Title: The Harvard Glee Club: Life After F. John Adams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Though Silverman, the "super programmer," usually has all the publicity, particularly since becoming NBC's president last year, many observers in the industry think that Pierce is really the better programmer. Organized and low key in temperament, he has largely done away with the second guessing and last-minute, panicky decisions that plague his competitors. If there have been any internal tremors since Silverman's defection, they are not evident. Tony Thomopoulos, Silverman's replacement, seems a perfect subaltern to the superefficient Pierce. "The network is working as well as or better than when Silverman was here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chaos in Television | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...other four nights, however, are ABC's weak spots. On Friday, NBC's Different Strokes, which began last month, is doing well, nicely beating The Incredible Hulk on CBS and crushing ABC's Making It. Unfortunately for NBC, its stockpile of good shows is so low that it cannot capitalize on such a strong lead-in; there is nothing for an encore. ABC also starts behind on Saturday, with the mindless Delta House, but the night is saved by Love Boat and Fantasy Island, both strong, fatuously cheerful shows. Sunday is also a downer for ABC, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chaos in Television | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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