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Word: sawing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both sides saw Harvard's failure to score at the end of the half as a crucial element in the game's outcome...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Minutemen Rout Gridders, 45-28 | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...defender got a hand on me, around my stomach," Cromwell said. "At that point I figured a few more guys are coming my way and I have to pitch it now. And then I saw Tim coming right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekend Proves Nightmarish for Ivy League Squads | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...with the ball was going down and then I saw [the] the right side on the fly," Avallone said. "I got within five yards of him. I just had my heart in my throat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekend Proves Nightmarish for Ivy League Squads | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...damage is insidious. Noise above 100 decibels -- a whining power saw, for example -- flattens the tiny hairs in the inner ear that transmit sound to the nerves. These hairs usually return to normal, but repeated assaults by high-decibel rock -- concerts routinely hover around 120 -- can cause them to lose their resilience permanently. Stereo earphones blasting away for hours may be a greater threat than concerts. Says Audiologist Dr. Thomas H. Fay, of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City: "It's like the nozzle of a fire hose has been stuck down the ear canal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: A Fire Hose Down the Ear Canal | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...news by now. He professed conservatism, elitism and sectarian Christianity at a time when the fashionable tides were running against all three. As a shy, uncertain young man, he was torn between the dictates of his proper upbringing and the tug of his emotions. He looked inward and saw himself coming apart; he looked outward and saw Western civilization dissolving into chaos. He tried to heal these rifts with words: "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons . . . April is the cruellest month . . . I will show you fear in a handful of dust . . . This is the way the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Long Way from St. Louis | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

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