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Word: mis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Durbin said, recalling his desperate bout with tennis elbow. But quitting proved unbearable for Durbin. Instead, he applied his knowledge of physics and mathematics, acquired during his 28 years as a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, to produce "The Durbin," a tennis racket aerodynamically designed to compensate for mis-hits and thereby guard against tennis elbow...

Author: By Jon Askin, | Title: Princeton Prof Invents 'Perfect' Racket | 3/3/1983 | See Source »

...Durbin reduces the chances of tennis elbow by reducing the vibrations traveling up the arm as the racket meets the ball," he said, adding that the racket is more efficient than conventional rackets and improves control because players can find the sweetspot more easily. Durbin hopes to prevent mis-hits, a major cause and aggravator of his own ailment, tennis elbow...

Author: By Jon Askin, | Title: Princeton Prof Invents 'Perfect' Racket | 3/3/1983 | See Source »

Even the star-studded cast of voices and the original music and lyrics of Jimmy Webb can't maintain a patchy plot. Hearing Mis Farrow as the Unicorn. Alan Arkin as Schmedrick, and Jeff Bridges as Prince Lir if anything detracts further from the movie's fluidity; their professional voices are too trained and rhythmic to be convincingly dubbed onto cartoons...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: An Inanimate Fantasy | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...President Bok (not being a harvard College alumns) ruffled the teachers of the PBH administration, it is unfortunate that the Crime mis-reported or exaggerated or exacerbated the situation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Publicize PBH | 11/5/1982 | See Source »

...special, quickly lapsed into a Sesame Street type of learn-along, staged at an elementary school in the town of Foshan. Skillfully exploiting an opening for his cheery brand of showmanship, Vereen guided some 500 of the school's five-and six-year-olds through their "do-re-mis" and "ABCs." Old Macdonald Had a Farm, an old stand-by that may not bring them out of their seats back home, also seemed to hit just the right note with the youngsters. Every time Vereen made a barnyard-animal sound, the children squealed with delight. Vereen-who played Chicken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 12, 1982 | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

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