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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Huskies then waited briefly for a line change before collecting their third goal in 44 seconds when Doug Harvey was left alone at the right face-off circle for the tally that made it 3-1. Less than five minutes later, Harvey and linemates Cowie and Paul McDougall buzzed...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: B.U. Cops Beanpot, 4-3; Icemen Lose | 2/13/1979 | See Source »

A report from the Office of Research and Evaluation touched off the discussion. The study, prepared by Paul B. Segal, found not only that the number of makeups was increasing but also that students taking makeups received higher grades in the courses, and that make-up requests were especially heavy...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: CHUL Tables Report Opposing Proposed Variable Meal Plans | 2/13/1979 | See Source »

Frostbite is a "reaction to severe cold when the blood vessels in one part of the body construct and then close off, if the frostbite is not treated," Mahoney, who works in the MGH screening clinic, said.

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Nurse Explains Winter Danger Of Frostbite | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

The role of Sinclair Lewis in Strangers has all the individual ingredients for a bring-down-the-house, Tony-award-winning performance, but they never coalesce into a complex, recognizably human character. Yellen hasn't given him any shading; the role is all in the snappy dialogue with nothing in...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Strangely Bland | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

DERN BEGINS merrily but uninterestingly, engaging in Yellen's witless but stubbornly persistent banter. He gets to be boyish and lewd and folksy, to plead and be charmingly self-deprecating, to do lots of nightclub imitations (accents were Lewis's specialty), to get drunk and be irrepressibly untactful, exposing the...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Strangely Bland | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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