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Word: raring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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MacAusland once again capitalized on her squad's flexibility. Sarah Chubb and Julie Cornman, receiving rare opportunities to start, both played solid games. MacMillan proved with her offensive play that she is a capable forward as well as a sterling back, and co-captain Sailer also saw double duty at link and back...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Stickwomen Squeeze Past Bruins, 2-1, Improve Record to 6-3 With Late Goal | 10/25/1979 | See Source »

...rare display of solidarity, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are conducting one of the most intensive lobbying efforts in the 30-year history of the alliance. Their collective aim: to persuade the U.S. Senate to ratify the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty with the Soviet Union, a pact they consider essential for their own security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: High-Level Lobbying for SALT | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

What might have happened here--what Sagan had undoubtedly hoped for--does not. No tone reflecting the enthusisam of one passionately interested in scientific inquiry permeates these pages. On the rare occasion when such spirit does break forth, the writing is enchanting...

Author: By James Aisenberg, | Title: Carl's Charisma | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...Barry A. Brown, brilliantly reveals just what happened on Madison's tree-lined avenues and gracious hill-top campus. The film traces the development of the anti-war movement at the University of Wisconsin from the earliest demonstrations in 1963 to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Using rare, archival film obtained from the State Historical Society and authentic US Army combat footage, Silber and Brown carefully parallel the growth of the anti-war movement with the escalation of American involvement in Viet Nam, from the sparsely attended demonstrations against the February, 1964 bombings of North Viet...

Author: By Deirdre M. Donahue, | Title: The Madison Front | 10/18/1979 | See Source »

...that is the brain of the modern computer. Some of these chips are being manufactured with new electron-beam techniques. Scientists are also experimenting with lasers. One intriguing project: a six-beam experimental laser device to produce power from thermonuclear fusion. Blessed with an abundance of the elements called rare earths, the Chinese are also becoming increasingly skilled at extracting them and putting them to work in many ways, for example, as catalysts in petroleum refining. The visiting American specialists found one area where the U.S. could learn from the Chinese: the production of oil from shale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A New Long March for China | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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