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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...STOP!" SHRIEKS ADELAIDE Bobo, "You're too pale." Running to a shoeshine box which rests at the foot of a coffin, she grabs a disc of shoepolish and proceeds to darken the black actor's face. He stands patiently while the smirking Miss Bobo spits and polishes him to the proper hue. As ringmaster Archibald exhorts...

Author: By R.e. Liebmann, | Title: A Gray Genet | 4/14/1976 | See Source »

Gerry has other objections to match racing beyond the danger to the horses. "If you look at the history of match races you see that very few have been good contests. Chris Evert won by 50 lengths in a match race with Miss Musket," he says...

Author: By Christopher B. Wright, | Title: Forego: Making Them Forget About Secretariat | 4/13/1976 | See Source »

...quarter of its 365,000 residents over age 60, Long Beach has searched unsuccessfully for a winning image. Instead of being called a "petro capital," it became a "sinking city" when massive oil drilling in the 1950s caused some minor subsidence. For a brief time it attracted the Miss Universe contest, and in 1967 it bought the Queen Mary, which proved disappointing as a tourist hotel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: On the Road At Long Beach | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

...does not really want to go. "This was part of the decision that I had to make. I have to leave Harvard and a lot of friends," he said, "and I don't feel good about it. But if you did everything because of where you live, you'd miss an awful...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Taylor Decides to Leave Cambridge; Will Coach Yale Varsity Next Season | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

Cleary will certainly miss Taylor's assistance both with the varsity and the freshman teams. Taylor took over as head freshman coach in 1970, and has become, as former football star Dick Clasby said at this year's hockey dinner, the best freshman coach in the country because he's the only college freshman coach in the country...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Taylor Decides to Leave Cambridge; Will Coach Yale Varsity Next Season | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

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