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Word: scampers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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While in the second quarter, it failed to alter the scoreboard. After allowing Bucknell to close to 20-14 on McDowell's option scamper, Harvard put together a nice drive. But a difficult pass for Skelton in the endzone was tipped and intercepted in acrobatic fashion by Bison Kevin Eiben...

Author: By Lev F. Gerlovin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bucknell Halts Harvard's Streak | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...explosive and varied Crimson rushing attack performed admirably for the second consecutive game, this time led by sophomore running-back Chris Menick, who rushed 15 times for 121 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown scamper in the third quarter...

Author: By Jacob P. Goldstein, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Football Escapes Lehigh Scare | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...could be any of them. They slip into your Core classes and scamper right up to the front of the room. As if impelled by something deep inside, they belt out the first few bars of some vaguely familiar song. Then one of them steps out from the group to identify the ensemble and invite you to its "jam." Finally, they rattle off a few more notes and disappear as quickly as they arrived...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inside the World of A Cappella | 12/4/1996 | See Source »

...wait to get outta here--I'm gonna suffocate." Pause. Esther: "Nice day, isn't it? Where are you going?" Luis: "To take my girlfriend to the movies." Esther: "I have a date too." Painful pause. Luis: "The bus is certainly...stopped." The class cracks up, and the two scamper back to their desks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUST SAY LIFE SKILLS | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

...play progresses around the investigation of what the journalists hope is their Holy Grail of a scandal, "Scampergate." Involving the White House dog Scamper, the scandal expands to include all sorts of wrongdoing or "perceptions" of wrongdoing in a ridiculous attempt by the press to uncover something (read: Whitewater). The more the journalists become wrapped up in the scandal, the more they lose sight of its real importance. Despite self-righteous talk about "truth" and "the people's right to know," concerns about agents, public relations, TV appearances and high society inclusion are what truly motivate the journalists...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: 'This Town' Skewers Washington in Cambridge | 10/31/1996 | See Source »

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