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Word: poorness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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NOTE: Be extremely careful to remember that Harvard's women's ice hockey is a second-year Varsity sport with a 13-game schedule. Any attempt to pad your answer by discussing men's ice hockey or field hockey will result in a hopelessly poor score...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Get Out Your Bluebooks | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

Kilims, or flat-woven rugs, have long been considered the s poor relatives of the Oriental knotted pile rugs that have proved to be one of the best -though specialized-hedges against inflation in recent years. Kilims by Yanni Petsopoulos with Michael Franses (Rizzoli; 394 pages; $85) gives these weavings their proper due. It should be welcomed by both collectors and decorators, the former because the author has provided clear and much needed scholarship on origins and techniques, the latter because of the rare and glorious examples of kilims from Anatolia, the Caucasus and Persia that are reproduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Deck the Shelves for $4.95 and Up | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Poor rebounding and foul shooting, which have troubled the squad all season plagued the hoopsters for most of the evening. Though the Quakers did not start a player taller than six feet, they consistently outhustled the Crimson under the boards. Harvard's 10-22 shooting from the line speaks for itself...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: UPenn Edges Women Hoopsters, 72-70 | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Vaillant, who teaches Social Sciences 169, "Adaptation to life," found that men who cannot cope with stress often have poor physical health, while men in good physical health often handle stress well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Handling Stress May Affect Personal Health | 12/7/1979 | See Source »

Through periodic surveys examining the physical and mental status of the men, Vaillant showed that poor mental health preceded the onset of illness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Handling Stress May Affect Personal Health | 12/7/1979 | See Source »

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