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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...going at it in a little more relaxed way," she says. "I did miss it while I was away, though. It's a luxury in a way to have a team to swim with...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Diving Back In | 11/18/1977 | See Source »

...same time a stocky sophomore from (of all places) Hotchkiss stood in front of the Harvard hockey net as the starting goalie for the first time. And it took three seasons and a graduation before we all realized how good he was and how much we are going to miss...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Harvard's 'D' Still Rates High Marks | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...News three times a week more often than not shows the limits of fast writing. He usually enters the 42nd Street newsroom around noon, fatigued after several hours spent on street corners interviewing people and pressured by the four p.m. deadline. His writing is a kind of hit or miss occupation. He doesn't have the time to make each word mean something. Regardless of the complex emotional feelings he has towards his subject for the day, the copy often rolls off the presses sounding trite and over-simplified...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Sugar and Spice and All That Is Vice: That's What Robbins Heroes Are Made Of the Ringside | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

Conventional histories of the late nineteenth century generally miss one man who helped bring about changes in American society far more lasting than those wrought by any politicians or businessmen. The histories tend to name men like President Grover Cleveland, Populist presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan and financier J. P. Morgan as the most influential...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: The Light at the End of the Tunnel | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...thus rationalize, though, would be to miss the key point--the best talent in the Ivies no longer resides in Cambridge. In fact, one could probably make a case that given the capabilities of this year's team, it is amazing that it remained in contention for the Ivy title until 12 minutes remained in the season...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: There Were Ups and Downs, But Mostly Downs | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

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