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Word: meters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter what he runs, however, Bunney seems to pull it off. Take this year's Greater Boston Championships and Big Three meet, for example. At the GBC's Bunney only ran the 880-yd. race, while at the Big Three he raced both the 1500- and 800-meter runs...

Author: By Johan Ahr, | Title: Brad Bunney | 3/10/1984 | See Source »

...results speak for themselves. The Big Three meet was no different from the GBC's, in which Bunney set the personal record that sent him to Syracuse, Bunney burst past one and all--teammates as well as Yale and Princeton runners--in both the 1500- and 800-meter races in 3:49:85 and 1:53:21, respectively...

Author: By Johan Ahr, | Title: Brad Bunney | 3/10/1984 | See Source »

Such unusual dialogue is interesting, and adds a unique and attractive aura to the entire film. However, too often the strangeness turns to triteness Eli reads The Sexually Active Man After 40 and attaches a pulse meter to his ear while he and Zee are having sex because he is doing a comparative study of his pulse rate with different women...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Overcooked | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

...uncomfortable and unpleasant elements of the movie ultimately drown out these comical and enlightening parts. Eli persists with his pulse meter after Zee has threatened to stop all relations with him, Zee's singing takes on ever-more morbid connotations, and Eli's annoying analysis of everything become cumbersome. If you can overlook these pitfalls, however, there are enough plain, good and funny displays of the essence of human relationships that make the film enjoyable. And if nothing else, the views of New York are unbeatable...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Overcooked | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

...inspired performance, taking second place in 1:52.58. He was followed in sixth by Co-Captain Julian Bott, who finished in 1:53.11. Senior Mike Miao placed fifth in the 100-yd. freestyle (45.63 seconds) while junior Bob Hrabchak came in seventh. Karl Illig was third in the three-meter diving, and the Harvard team of Miao, Brian Grottkau, Hrabchak, and Jim Kornish placed in the 400-yd freestyle relay with a time...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabet, | Title: Swimmers First, Icemen Second | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

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