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Word: pass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even Bradshaw admits that this year has been special. "Last year I throw a pass to Swann, it's a good pass, a good catch, and somebody is right there to tackle him. This year I throw the same pass, and he zigs around four guys and goes into the end zone. Call it luck or magic or whatever, I like it." So do the Pittsburgh fans. As rugged as their team, they will be waving those orange-and-black towels in Miami to cheer on their country boy quarterback as he struggles to win a third Super Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Super Duel at the Super Bowl | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

Thus judicial activism is in large part the product of legislative inaction. Says Yale's Bork: "Rather than making the tough choices, legislatures will frequently write a vague law, and pass [the hard decisions] off on the courts." A phenomenally litigious society also fuels judicial power; judges, after all, cannot make law without lawsuits. Tocqueville observed more than a century ago that there is "hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one." With the growth of Government, the power of the judiciary has naturally expanded. Thus public-interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Have the Judges Done Too Much? | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

Roger Staubach, the 36-year-old Dallas quarterback, then rifled a sideline pass to rookie split end Tony Hill, who took the pigskin 60 yards for a Dallas touchdown to even the score...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Steelers Win Super Bowl In Offensive Battle, 35-31 | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...very next play, Lynn Swann made a brilliant catch of Bradshaw's fourth touchdown pass and the Steelers seemed to have their third Super Bowl title locked...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Steelers Win Super Bowl In Offensive Battle, 35-31 | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

Cowboy running back Dennis Thurman recovered the onside kick on the Pittsburgh 48 and Dallas had 2:23 to score two touchdowns. Stauback almost made it. On third and one at the four, Staubach threw his third TD pass of the game to tight end Butch Johnson...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Steelers Win Super Bowl In Offensive Battle, 35-31 | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

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