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Word: missed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still miss it, though sporadically. The brick and ivy, the crush of the Square, the swarms of class-goers evoke the patented responses...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: After Harvard, Danvers | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...less a wily pitcher--he tries to outsmart the batter, throw a wide variety of pitches rather than blaze it by him. Less a grunt thrower like Tom Seaver than, say, a Catfish Hunter. (Whom he admires: "He'll give you one pitch to hit and if you miss it, you're gone.") In the past year the style has worked well enough, even though he's at "the bottom of the totem pole" on the best pitching staff on the league. He led the team in ERA last year, gave up one home run in 95 innings, surrendered...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: In Another League Now | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...know they have everyone classified--can't miss prospect, good prospect, outside chance, highest-ever Triple A--right on down the line. I don't know where I stand, I mean, I'm 24 years old, and being 24 in Double A ball could be old. As soon as I see the hand writing on the wall, I'm not hanging around. But hell, I've been working at this since I was eight years old--there's no way I'm gonna throw it all away till I know for sure I'm not going to make...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: In Another League Now | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

Entranced by these lover-like words, Miss Stanton-Lacey returned his embrace with fervor, and meekly allowed herself to be led off to the stables...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Heyer and Heyer | 1/15/1976 | See Source »

Godspell. Stephen Schwartz's musical based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, which you may remember from a lavish and innovative film version a few years ago and the AM radio hit "Day by Day." In case you miss this production, the Radcliffe Grant-in-Aid society is resurrecting the show as its spring musical. At the Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Street, through January 25. Performances Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., and Sunday...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: THE STAGE | 1/15/1976 | See Source »

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