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Word: romps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Green defense, which has spotted opponents 180 points in its four games to date, is in a state of near-collapse. After Dartmouth jumped out to a 7-0 advantage over Holy Cross a week ago, the defense gave away 48 unanswered points en route to yet another Crusader romp against Ivy League competition...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: It's Now or Never for a Floundering Crimson Offense | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

...game turned into a romp for Penn, which rolled to a 34-0 victory in front 11,500 stunned fans at Brown Stadium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn 34, Brown 0 | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

...first game back, against MIT last week, Catliff scored his team's first goal and assisted on another in Harvard's 3-0 romp...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Catliff's Four Goals No Surprise | 9/23/1986 | See Source »

...composer's son and revived in the West End last year, Me and My Girl treats its material with respect: there is no modernization of the book or score, no overlay of contemporary cynicism, no relevance of any sort, just millionaires singing and dancing. The result is a jubilant romp that has spectators cheering and leaping like shortstops to catch balloons dropped from the ceiling at the finale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Sweet and Sentimental Smash | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...descriptions of the insensitive technology of pig farming and "porcine stress syndrome" take the fun out of a ham sandwich. Yet In the Company of Animals is not intended to change our habits but to open our minds. Historians, psychologists, sociologists and Lady Beaverbrook may resent Serpell's romp through their territories. Both petted and petless readers should welcome the incursions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pet Theories and Pet Peeves in the Company of Animals by James Serpell | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

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