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Word: pointedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...point everyone needs to understand is that the other top Eastern teams had similar scores against the Western schools," Co-Captain Nick Branca said. "If you look at Brown, at UMass, at Navy, you'll see that we're playing at least as well as any other team in the East...

Author: By Jonanthan D. Unger, | Title: Aquamen Stay Close With Top-10 Teams | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...first set was a masterful display of power and finesse on the part of both players. Sheer brute strength was not enough to gain the upper hand in this contest; cunning was also required, as evidenced by a point in the ninth game when Zimmerman, pinned deep behind the baseline, chased down three overhead smashes, only to have Mueller drop it softly just over the net to win the point...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Netmen Dominate at Harvard Invitational | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

Much of his idealistic 11-point plan is equally unrealistic. Eliminate weekday games? Split tournament TV revenue equally among all teams? Even Lehigh? Eliminate booster groups? Appoint Dan Quayle "ombudsman for college athletes...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Scandals Off the Court With Jim Valvano's N.C. State | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

Jyoti-Jasmine-Jane says at one point: "It is by now only a passing wave of nausea, this response to the speed of transformation, the fluidity of American character and the American landscape. I feel at times like a stone hurtling through diaphanous mist, unable to grab hold, unable to slow myself, yet unwilling to abandon the ride...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Weak Gravity in America | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

...crisis point in their relationship, we have this scene...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Weak Gravity in America | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

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