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Word: mud (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outdone by the seniors, Garth Andrade, Jim Mullen and Joe Bowen put together a sweep in the javelin, with Andrade winning it with a throw of 193 ft. 11 1/2 in. Not bad, considering the two-inch deep mud in the infield...

Author: By Nick Darienzo, | Title: Thinclads Stomp Yale | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

...mud was just as deep on the track, where Yardling Brad Bunney sloshed to a 1:56.9 victory in the 800 meters, while Bruce Weber and Andy Regan, both from Eliot House, barely noticed the water-jump in the rain as they placed first and third, respectively, in the steeplechase. Senior Paul Jacobs also ran in that race to finish out his Harvard career...

Author: By Nick Darienzo, | Title: Thinclads Stomp Yale | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

Harvard also fared well in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, as Kim Stephens overcame Aguerro and the mud to break the tape in 56.2 seconds. Rittenburg barely beat out teammate Scott Murrer, who normally runs the 400-meter dash, for third in 57.5 seconds...

Author: By Nick Darienzo, | Title: Thinclads Stomp Yale | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

...hedge while sitting backward in the saddle. After five falls, daring Dick collected. The steeplechase riders he has written about in 21 novels have a lot in common with the young Francis. They are dogged, not necessarily the best, but decent and vulnerable; they eat a lot of mud and get mauled frequently and badly. But they do collect: the bruises, the booty-and the readers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shutterbug | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

...right mood of mystery and high adventure. After the opening credits tell us that we're in The Dark Ages ("The Land was divided and with a King.") we're thrust into a bloody battle between small armies of knights on horseback. Their armor splattered with blood and mud, they fight against the background of a bright orange sky, the bloodshot sun hanging low. The strange atmosphere of unreality intensifies with the entrance of Merlin (Nicol Williamson) who emerges from the mist covered in black robes, his head adorned with a glistening silver skull cap. Uther (Gabriel Byrne), boldest...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Blood and Sex and Chivalry | 4/17/1981 | See Source »

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