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Word: raining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weather, a rainy day would favor Dartmouth's fullback-oriented offense. Larry Brown will again be behind center for Harvard, but the last time it poured--against the Minutemen--Brown was ineffective. If you're a Crimson rooter, then, pray for rain to hold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's That Time of Year Again | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

...marshlike field, combined with wind and rain, dictated an early strategy of cautious football for both teams. Midway through the first quarter the Dartmouth J.V. converted this strategy into a score, driving 94 yards for a touchdown without throwing a single pass. The Harvard defense couldn't seem to get its footing as the Dartmouth backs picked up five and ten yards at a clip on sweeps and off tackle plays. The 12-play drive was capped by a quarterback keeper...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: J.V. Upset Dartmouth; Freshmen Drop Close Game | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

...WINTRY AFTERNOON 500 years B.C., the wounded shivered, winced, lips encrusted with black blood shuddered as the rain streaked graying skin filmed with red dust. Wind and water noises mingled with the swift shufflings of looters, moving away from one fallen from to another, muffled in dark woollen cloaks that flapped predatory as the ravens circled lower over the battlefield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Centaurs' Treasure | 10/12/1977 | See Source »

October is a rather lazy time of year; most students have only a few hourlies and the rain to contend with, as they enjoy the last few weeks of fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Frogs to Washington And Lebanon | 10/11/1977 | See Source »

...takeoff? Lindbergh made it to Paris in less time 50 years ago, when Freddie Laker was a toddler of four. What's more, Lindy did not have a toothache, as did I, and he was warmer and drier. My wait began at noon Sunday in London-style rain and drizzle outside the Laker Travel Center in Queens, New York, five miles from Kennedy Airport. Not until 12:38 a.m. Tuesday-1% hours behind schedule -did we lift off from Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: To London for 4 | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

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