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Word: mained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once out of range, I ran as fast as I could, considering the circumstances. I reached the fence 20 minutes later, climbed over it, and went to sleep right there, by the side of U.S. 40, the main road through the south-western part of the country. I woke up to trucks roaring by one one side and cows staring at me across the fence on the other...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Riding a Greyhound In Search of America | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...Angeles, he would have said "Head north, young man--quickly." For to the north of L.A. lies San Francisco, a city almost universally loved in this country, even by those who have never been there. Mellow--everyone I met on the coast as I headed north told me the main thing about Frisco was how mellow it is. Maybe it's the natural environment, or the Spanish legacy, or the peculiar effect of its Gold Rush origin, or simply all those people up there who've destroyed their brain cells with acid, but the city certainly seems mellow, with...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Riding a Greyhound In Search of America | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Woolway credits his transormation into one of the pillars of the Crimson defense to the tutelage of fellow linebacker Beling and new linebacker coach Alex Nahigan. Nahigan was hired over the summer principally as Harvard's baseball coach. "He's been the main difference," Woolway says. "We probably work harder in practice than anyone on the field and Nahigan's not afraid to yell...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: He's One Lollapalooza of a Linebacker | 9/30/1978 | See Source »

Girl Friends might have been a more successful project if Weill had been as true to life with her main characters as she is with her Manhattan settings and her bit parts. She loads the dice so heavily in Susan's favor that one wonders not only where the plot escaped to, but how one friend could be such a gem and the other such a turd. With all that's happening to Susan in her career and romantic life, it's not clear why she would feel such an acute sense of loss over friendship with...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Passing Acquaintances | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

Improving considerably on his last performance, Fitzsimmons joined fellow seniors Sheehan and Meyer as Harvard's main scoring punch. "Last meet I went out too slow and it cost me," Fitzie said. "This time I stayed with the pack and it helped...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Thinclads Split at Tri-meet... | 9/27/1978 | See Source »

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