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Word: rollings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reasons. In his previous two outings, Roy had come through with two wins for the Crimson (3-5-1 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC)--stopping 45 shots against Dartmouth two weeks ago and then blanking Cornell in raucous Lynah Rink. Roy, quite simply, was on a roll...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Back to Two Goalies | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

Vellucci questioned the desirability of such an arrangement. He asked the company's attorney if he played craps. When the attorney replied that he did not, Vellucci said, "When you roll the dice, you don't get prime rate back when you lose...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: City Councillors Angered By Stop & Shop Proposal | 12/12/1989 | See Source »

Sullivan pressed his questions, however, and the two exchanged harsh words. Vellucci accused Sullivan of missing council meetings and roll call votes because of an outside business, which he termed "double dipping" and a "conflict of interest...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Home Rule Petition Stalled Once Again | 12/12/1989 | See Source »

...saving car washes and doughnut stores is absurd. Says he: "There's a fake folksiness at work." Although Liebs somewhat agrees, he feels it is necessary to study vernacular architecture. "This century," he says, "is also highways and strips and suburbs." As Chuck Berry told the doo-wop generation, Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Tacky Nostalgia? No, These Are Landmarks | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...Academy of Music. The first broadcast detonated with a finger-snapping zum-bum-ooo-ooo singing group called True Image, headed uptown with show tunes swung elegantly by soprano Eileen Farrell, the diva who stops being 70 when she opens her mouth, then went gloriously low-down with Jelly Roll Morton tunes by pianist Butch Thompson, the fine St. Paul barrelhouser from the P.H.C. days. Flying babies filled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Wild Seed in the Big Apple: Garrison Keillor | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

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