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Word: quarterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...small Lexingtonian heard this history lesson from his father yesterday on the 213th anniversary of the day when a New England militia first fired on British troops. It was a quarter past six in the morning and a clammy 45 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but several thousand people *** Lexington's Battle Green to watch a reenactment of that confrontation...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Dawn Rite Marks Battle's Anniversary | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

Adelphi was fierce all right. The Panthers hit double figures in penalties before the first half. But high-scoring? After one quarter, the game was tied, 1-1. After two, Adelphi still had only one goal to its name. Harvard had five...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Traveling in Two Directions | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

...crowd soon realized one of the drunks was pretending. In the second quarter, Harvard whipped out its gun, its aim dead accurate...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Traveling in Two Directions | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

Like good New Yorkers, the Panthers accepted it all with a shrug and a smile. "You're all a bunch of (word begins with p, and it ain't Panthers)," Adelphi defenseman Barry Greenberg yelled to his teammates in the third quarter...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Traveling in Two Directions | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

...Apollo's peculiar magic can be a little hard to fathom. That night's first-place winner -- an honor determined solely by the applause -- would pocket just $200. And, of course, there is that infamous Apollo audience, an orchestra and two balconies bursting with folks who give no quarter. Ella Fitzgerald's hazing is a legend. She managed no more than a few off-key notes before Master of Ceremonies Ralph Cooper came out to save her. Stilling the jeers, he won her a reprieve and she started again. On the second try, she brought down the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amateur Night In New York: Triumph and Terror at the Apollo | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

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