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Word: roane (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Oscar Roan, Southern Methodist, 6 ft. 6 in., 215 lbs. With pro tight ends getting bigger and bigger, Roan has the size to carry out blocking assignments. As a receiver, he catches anything close to him and can run long patterns with surprising speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Pro Football Scout's Notebook | 12/16/1974 | See Source »

...Joseph Patrick Kennedy III has already encountered a remarkable string of misfortunes. The adventurous oldest son of the late Robert F. Kennedy has been attacked by a roan antelope in Africa and knocked down by a bull calf in Spain; he has broken his leg while playing football and again while skiing; he has been skyjacked by Arab terrorists on an airliner to Southern Yemen. Last week young Joe had his worst mishap to date while visiting some friends on Nantucket (sister island to Martha's Vineyard, site of Uncle Ted's disastrous automobile accident in 1969, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Kennedy Jinx | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

...Bonner has agreed to it after losing all his cash in hair-brained prospecting schemes), and the mother is going to be installed in the development curio shop. Junior himself is swiftly losing the respect he once held in other men's eyes. He asks stock contractor Buck Roan (played fullheartedly by Ben Johnson) if he could ride the Brahma bull once more for his hometown people, even offering half his purse money for it. Roan (before he finally accepts) shakes his head: "You've just got to admit to yourself you ain't the rider you were...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Lonesome Cowboy, Wandering Son | 8/11/1972 | See Source »

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