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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NOTEBOOK: Devin, who has alternated with McEvoy in net, will also miss tomorrow's game against Army....Tod Hartjre, one of the Crimson's promising freshmen, scored the first points of his college career, contributing three assists on the evening...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Glide By Princeton, 6-2 | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

...them in a haphazard way, in sharp contrast to the way, for example, Mary Ryan illuminates social and ideological change in her book Cradle of the Middle Class The social structure was the framework in which the colonists developed their new society, and without fully revealing it, the Handlins miss the mark...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Not Up To Par | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

...every letter in The Game is capitalized, however. That would sink The Game to the level of some cheap carnival sideshow (Come see THE GAME! Don't miss THE AMAZING CRIMSON...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: The Poetry of The Game | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

...part the unfortunates of the future who suffer Lantry's murderous libido. They also suffer Bradbury's murderous writing, having to deliver such lines as "Law? The terms you are using no longer exist." Several improvised scenes, particularly a discussion about the digestibility of spaghetti, are genuinely funny; others miss the mark. On the whole, though, the comic breaks serve as welcome oases in a sea of burdensome sci-fi philosophizing...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Schizophrenic Futurism | 11/21/1986 | See Source »

Owning a video store, which not long ago seemed like a can't-miss way to make a living, is getting to be as nerve-racking as sitting through a Steven Spielberg thriller. Last week videocassette retailers were in an uproar over the disorderly debut of the home-video version of Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Disgruntled shopkeepers claimed that some stores belonging to such giant chains as K mart, Wal-Mart and Waldenbooks had taken an unfair lead on competitors by putting the popularly priced ($29.95) Paramount blockbuster on sale as much as a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clash of the Video Merchants | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

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