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Word: right (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...flatten out a wrinkled postage stamp" ring a little hollow. I wondered during the first act whether the show would stoop to the Beach Party level of repartee with one character emphatically commenting "You can say that again," and his buddy really saying it again. It was there all right, a little dressed up, but dismally there all the same. Of course part of the fun is scavenging--a line from Casablanca, a scene from The Music Man, a bit of police marching from Gilbert and Sullivan--why not run through the most cliched joke conventions as well...

Author: By Richard R. Edmonds, | Title: Bottoms Up | 3/4/1969 | See Source »

...there's more to the story of boxing at Harvard than T.R., who did his jabbing when boxing here was still a manly art for young aristocrats. In fact, boxing was once the second most popular spectator sport at Harvard (behind football) before being decked by a reactionary right hook in the late...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert and Mark R. Rasmuson, S | Title: Intramural Meet Recalls Glory Of the Ghosts of Boxing's Past | 3/4/1969 | See Source »

...faced a slugger from Philadelphia who had already acquired a name and a reputation as the "Quaker City Blacksmith." During the pre-bout weigh-in, the pride of Philly warned Henry, "Don't nobody mess with the Quaker City Blacksmith," but later Henry decided to mess and a hard right to the stomach...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert and Mark R. Rasmuson, S | Title: Intramural Meet Recalls Glory Of the Ghosts of Boxing's Past | 3/4/1969 | See Source »

...opportunities as a kid and so that's why I'm at Harvard, or that's why they thought I was "smart" and so am at Harvard. And he's poor, has about zero alternatives, of which working for Harvard is the best one. Yeah, I said, he's right. I can't really argue with that. It exists. So do I. So does...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: A Short History of H-R X | 3/3/1969 | See Source »

Only 5-10, with the longest hair per inch in the Ivies, he got open for a long jump shot from the right. Dover got it back on a tip-in but Jackson dropped in another jumper. Eli reserve Jack Langer hit from underneath, Morgan made a foul shot, Eric Gustavson and Hardy sank jumpers and then Jackson made a layup and another long bomb, giving Yale a four point lead...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Elis Drop Cagers For Tenth Defeat | 3/3/1969 | See Source »

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