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Word: playing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rutledge was one of the school's few freshmen to win a varsity letter, but a 1978 car accident left him weak and underweight. He says that he asked to be red-shirted (sit out the games but attend practices) for that season. Kush scheduled him to play. Rutledge was averaging a poor 34.6 yds. per kick, and in last year's match with Washington he made a particularly bad punt. As he left the field, Kush allegedly grabbed him by the helmet and punched him in the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Hit 'Em High | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...graduated, matched nearly yard for yard. The game ended with a sickening thud for Restic's charges, however. When Harvard appeared to be heading for what looked like the winning score, Polillio fumbled away the ball on the Princeton 8-yd, line with just 38 seconds left to play...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Harvard to Battle Princeton in Ivy Tiff | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

Harvard also turns the crank on its $250 million campaign this weekend. While Princeton fans can get revved up just by being around a football stadium, Harvard alums are more sophisticated and will give regardless of whether the teams even play. But if you want to get the fundraisers psyched, a win would be nice...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Of Machines and Alumni | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

Yale 40, Penn 3, Cause for celebration in Philadelphia as the Quakers break on to the scoreboard. Who ever let pacifists play a game like football? Our guest selector, Duane Glasscock is the only known clone on radio. He's also the only predictor in the world (well, I can't call him a man or a machine) to pick Penn, Colgate 3, Columbia 2. A Sominex Bowl. But brush before...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Of Machines and Alumni | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

...stand for, but because of how well we think they stand: Are they leaders? Do they have moral courage? Can they instill trust in the people? But national candidates, with their image advisers and make-up men, are matched almost step for step by big city mayoral contenders, who play at being gruff or Irish or aggressive or "old town," while hiding issue stances, when they have them, safely away from the prying eyes of the electorate...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Style of Things to Come | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

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