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Word: sacksful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Any horse player knows what to do when he gets his hands on a race track's cash. Take the money and run. When New Jersey's Garden State Park caught fire in the middle of a racing afternoon, the running reached unprecedented proportions. Parimutuel clerks stuffed paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Money to Burn | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

Somewhat to the right of the Communists, the Socialist Worker Party may garner close to 20%, while Fraga's rightist, neo-Franquista Alianza Popular is expected to poll a quarter of the vote. The most fluid situation is in the center. There the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats and a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Communists Out in the Open | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

The first inning had the Engineers reaching for their Bowmars as the Crimson packed the sacks with two walks and an MIT miscue. But MIT pitcher Ken Smith, whose lack of speed was exceeded only by his lack of control, somehow slipped third strikes past Paul Halas and Billy Blood...

Author: By Carl A. Esterhay, | Title: Crimson Nine Derail Engineers, 5-1, As Brown Is on Track Against MIT | 4/13/1977 | See Source »

Still with two outs, Billy Blood was intentionally passed to stuff the sacks again, and shortstop Burke St. John singled and went to third thanks to the frozen hands of B.C. center fielder Steve Johnson. St. John's hit and Johnson's boo-boo pushed across the final three tallies...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Crimson Batters Bomb B.C. Bagmen, 11-2 | 4/12/1977 | See Source »

A disproportionate number of the dead were members of the literary and professional elite of Bucharest-the "Paris of eastern Europe," which in Aikman's words "now resembles the movie set of Earthquake." Poetess Veronica Porumbacu, popular Writer Alexandru Ivasiuc, Singer Doina Badea-all had perished, along with a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: A Bad Dream Comes True | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

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