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Word: phil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another smuggling technique involves an artful use of the mails. Phil is a young entrepreneur from Chicago who went to Colombia last year on vacation. Like many vacationing students, he happened to stumble across someone in the "snow" business. Nervous but eager, he went one night to see his new friend Rafael at a house on a back street of Bogota's barrio. He had to bring $3,000. Rafael was holding a .38-cal. automatic when he opened the door, but he was ready to deal. For two hours they packaged 18-gram portions of cocaine in cellophane, attached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colombian Connection | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...most productive line in Bruins history consisted of Wayne Cashman, Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge. Cashman is still with Boston, and Espo lumbers for the Rangers. Where is Hodge playing...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Watch Out: One More (Stanley Cup) Final to Go | 1/24/1979 | See Source »

Mere recitation of the countless awards and records that are his could not do justice to the admiration, affection and just plain awe Orr inspired during his decade with Boston. While Orr's No. 4 now appears majestically over the ice, the number of fellow former Bruin Phil Esposito, whose statistical achievements are just as impressive, can be found on the jersey of Bill Bennett, a rookie just sent down to the minors...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Orr: Ending at the Beginning | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

Harvard's only loss came at the number two position, where Steve Bakalar dropped a five game marathon battle to Phil Adams by the painfully-close score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Racquetmen Prevail, 8-1 | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

...years older and wiser, I became an Islanders fan. Then the worst team in NHL history, on January 18, 1973 they faced one of the best, the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins, who featured a couple of unknowns named Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito. While the capacity Boston Garden crowd (yes, there was a time when Bruins fans did show up for the games) laughed, the "hapless"--as every sportswriter east of the Yukon described them--Isles scored five consecutive goals, then held on for a sloppy, hilarious, transcendental, season-salvaging...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Getting Psyched | 1/9/1979 | See Source »

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