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Word: quicked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the final seconds ticking away, the Harvard water polo team made a rush for the MIT net. Co-captain Houston Hall fed Pat Jakobson with a quick pass, and amid a swarm of bobbing heads and waving arms, Jakobson faked right, then whipped the ball past the goalie's right...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Water Polo Team Wins Home Opener, Swamps Befuddled Engineers by Ten | 10/2/1981 | See Source »

Hastings complimented the University Police for their quick response to the alarm, saying that their efficiency represented good security at the Quad...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Police Nab Intruder at North House | 9/29/1981 | See Source »

Sophomore Lisa Raffin, who notched 11 goals last season, is the major Tufts offensive threat at rightwing. Midfielders Judy Hinchley and co-captain Page Crutcher lead the attack, which Gehling evasively describes as "a combination of short control passing and quick counters when appropriate...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Second Guessing the 'Sag' | 9/29/1981 | See Source »

After jumping off to a quick 10-0 first-quarter lead, the Crimson fell apart, giving up 15 unanswered points and falling to Holy Cross, 33-19. The loss evens Harvard's season record...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Holy Cross Converts Gridders, 33-19 | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

...religious revival that fostered the ethnic identity of Egypt's Copts as a nation separate from, and older than, the Muslim majority. Indeed, many Copts feel that they, and not the Arabized Muslims, are the true Egyptians, the descendants of the pharaohs. As they are quick to point out, "Copt" is the Arabi-cized, then Europeanized, form of the Greek word for Egyptian. Although the Coptic language is used today only in the church's liturgy, it was the language of Egypt until the 13th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Egypt's Copts in Crisis | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

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