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Word: missed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sharp Spikes. The sideshow barkers extolled their wares: "Miss Delilah, the girl who thrives on electricity and smiles when we push the switch on her very own electric chair," and "El Diablo, the king of fire, the human volcano," and "the human blockhead who loves to pound large sharp spikes and razor-tipped awls into his skull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: The Circus: Escaping into the Past | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

...hope of collecting damages. In a last attempt to prove the innocence of his relationship with Scott, Thorpe released letters he had written to him in 1961 and 1962. They failed to allay all doubts. One letter, for instance, was signed tenderly: "Yours affectionately, Jeremy. I miss you." The following day, Thorpe wrote another letter, resigning his post as party leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Thorpe: Casualty of a Cover-Up | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

...Miss Universe...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Crying in the Desert | 5/21/1976 | See Source »

That Championship Season. Jason Miller's play about four former basketball players and their coach on the 20th anniversary of their high school championship season. Phil Weiss, whose antics have amused the Crimson newsroom for years, is finally on stage, and it would be a mistake to miss a chance to see him. The Eliot House production is good--my recommendation is only slightly tempered with conflict of interest. In the Eliot House dining room, May 14-15 at 8 p.m. Tickets...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Stage | 5/13/1976 | See Source »

Instead, the Crimson laxmen were deflated after the near miss against Brown, and never recovered their edge. "There was a visible letdown after Brown," Harvard coach Bob Scalise said yesterday, "and we never bounced back." It showed--the Crimson looked flat and UMass played its best game of the year...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Minutemen Rout Laxmen, 18-7; Glide Home After Quick Start | 5/10/1976 | See Source »

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