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Word: played (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second period Buchanan entered the game with the Minutemen leading 3-0. His first handoff to fullback Al Altieri resulted in a fumble that set up a UMass score. The second exchange also was fumbled. Not an auspicious beginning. "We tried to switch something on that first play," he continued, "We had a missed communication in the backfield in both cases, and the backs that were getting the ball thought they were supposed to be blocking." "That can't happen to you if you want to keep up morale," Buchanan said after the game...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Buchanan Thrown QB Reins | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...Buchanan played his high school ball at Jefferson Davis in Montgomery, Ala., as a triple option quarterback. "I like to pitch out on the option and have a perfectly executed play," he said with a smile. He showed this effectively on a drive from the Harvard 36 to the UMass 16 to open the second half...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Buchanan Thrown QB Reins | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...very poorly on first downs, and that dictates how you play the whole series...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Buchanan Thrown QB Reins | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...these mini-computers, many of which are as small as an office electric typewriter with a small TV screen on top, can also play games. One company at the show sold "software" packages--computer programs--for tarot cards, "Pirate Adventure," "Magic Isle," and the classic "Star Trek...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Robots, Computers Gather Downtown | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...colorful puppets, which represent most of the characters. Members of the company wave the muppet-like Rhinemaidens about in time to the music, and open their mouths as they "sing"--even "swimming" a little bit higher for the really high notes. Life-size dummies manipulated by two actors apiece "play" Siegmund and Sieglinde about as well as most opera singers; the hand gestures and postures brilliantly satire the declamatory incompetence of most heldentenors and dramatic sopranos...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Wringing Pleasure From Wagner | 9/29/1979 | See Source »

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