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Word: quested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eric "Endzone" Crone '73, legendary Harvard quarterback won an ambassadorship Tuesday from the recently-formed World Football League (WFL), ending his ten-month quest to break into the pro ranks...

Author: By James Cramer and Robert T. Garrett, S | Title: Endzone Crone Bounces Back to Pros, Harvard Gridder Turns Ambassador | 5/16/1974 | See Source »

Lipsyte, a former sports columnist who contributed some of the best prose to appear in the New York Times, has not lost his journalist's instincts. For people concerned about who is minding the nation, he has updated the eternal quest for a hero and a leader. His candidate, Navy Commander Charles Rice, might have been tailored by a market-research computer. A former astronaut and moon walker, Rice is also part Old Testament prophet, New Testament savior, Oliver Cromwell, Brownshirt, Mr. Clean and Vic Tanny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Goodbye, Mr. Clean | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...team will conclude its highly successful season this afternoon at Wheaton against a solid Wheaton seven. Radcliffe is in quest of its tenth consecutive dual meet victory

Author: By Dennis P. Corbett, | Title: 'Cliffe Tennis Ties for 3rd in Weekend Tourney | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...told, it took only 14 hours to smash the dictatorship established by Salazar 45 years ago and set the 8 million people of Portugal on what the army promised would be a new, democratic course. But it was not a quest for freedom that had motivated the rebels as much as the desire to stop the bloody and costly guerrilla war in the African colonies. The war consumed more than 40% of the nation's $1.3 billion annual budget, claimed the lives of some 250 Portuguese troops every year, and caused profound frustration in the army, which felt that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Whiff of Freedom for the Oldest Empire | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...played well", captain Muscatine said after the match, "considering the psychological letdown we might have had coming off our win over unbeaten Brown on Saturday". In their quest to notch the first undefeated season for Radcliffe tennis in a long time, the women will play their final team match next Monday against a solid Wheaton squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Tennis Squad Wins; Unbeaten String Stays Intact | 4/30/1974 | See Source »

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