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Word: racks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...toss-'em-together-and-see-how-they-play connection comprised of a scrappy all-around sophomore, a speedy junior goal-getter and a gutsy senior playmaker. It's Harvard's most productive line, the Greg Olson-Mike Watson-Tom Murray line, and after three games it has combined to rack up 16 points, including three goals (one each) and four assists during last night's 5-2 victory over Boston University...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: A Fine Alignment | 12/3/1980 | See Source »

...shows came on, or as they read of Bundy's escape from jail in Colorado while they sipped martinis before dinner. Thousands of housewives followed the story on a day-to-day basis, talking about it at the super market while waiting in line in front of the magazine rack...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: Stalking the Wild Sociopath | 12/2/1980 | See Source »

Believe it or not, the contest began somewhat sanely. Northeastern capitalized on some loose Crimson defense to rack up an early 2-0 lead, but the icemen sliced the lead in half before the first intermission with a last-second goal by Turner...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Huskies Rampage, Tear Icemen, 11-5 | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

...Doobie Brothers rack the hits and stack the charts

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dancing down the Middle | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

...rest of the book is a cunning, amusing and not always pertinent decoupage of articles centering on Blount's South pole: an amusing essay on the habits of the possum; or the tale of a woman who gets stuck to a dry cleaner's revolving garment rack with Super Glue and spends her days plotting a damage suit with her attorney trotting along beside her as she goes round and round with the cleaning; or Blount's modest proposals for new mass media. One scheme would eliminate the more boring moments of life by "quick cutting" people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fine Red Dirt | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

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