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Word: rans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whole Crimson team exploded in an ecstatic, 100-man modern dance routine at that point, and the ground-based UMass attack failed to play any kind of respectable catch-up ball as the clock ran...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Crimson Gridders Zap Minutemen, 10-0 | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Once out of range, I ran as fast as I could, considering the circumstances. I reached the fence 20 minutes later, climbed over it, and went to sleep right there, by the side of U.S. 40, the main road through the south-western part of the country. I woke up to trucks roaring by one one side and cows staring at me across the fence on the other...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Riding a Greyhound In Search of America | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...first hour was fine and I rested ten minutes before setting off again. Then I went for half an hour before resting. I started again, sweating now, breathing harder, throat drying, back and legs burning from the sun, and as I came around a ledge I ran smack into what joggers call The Wall. Not The Wall at Fenway Park, but a massive physiological-psychological being who sits on your chest and squeezes your lungs and makes each step an act of supreme will worthy of a Nietzschean Superman...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Riding a Greyhound In Search of America | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Overall disenchantment with Dukakis' record, not any particular issue, gave the victory to King, a former director of the Massachusetts Port Authority who had never before sought elective office. He ran a strident campaign in which he stressed that he stood for everything Dukakis opposed, including the death penalty, mandatory jail sentences for drug pushers and a big cut in state taxes. Boasted King Campaign Aide Angelo Berlandi: "We put all the hate groups in one pot and let it boil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Duke Is Defeated | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...Pirates, who must sweep the fourgame weekend set with the Phils to clinch at least a tie for the title, ran their home winning streak to 24 games...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Sox, Yanks Both Win; Pirates Sweep Phillies | 9/30/1978 | See Source »

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