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Word: scarely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...took some firepower from Fleming to arouse the Harvard troops, and after a little scare, the Crimson pulled itself together, hitting some key foul shots down the stretch, and won by four Snore...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Crimson Tops Hawks, 63-59; Fleming Ends Scoring Slump | 2/3/1982 | See Source »

...coverage of both the threats and the security precautions. Reporters seeking to confirm details of the story with Government officials were advised not to overreact. But as the days passed, the story was enhanced in tantalizing bits and pieces until what had started as rumor became a full-fledged scare. Soon the White House, FBI and Secret Service found themselves forced to react, partly in response to the publicity. Reagan thus was fanning the flames of red-hot speculation when he flatly declared: "We have the evidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching for Hit Teams:Libya | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

...Prime Minister sought to scare his countrymen into mending their free-spending ways, his message was ill timed. It came just before the manifestation of a peculiarly Italian custom, tredicesima. That is a 13th-month salary, paid by law and tradition to workers at all levels every Christmastime. Some 21 million Italians received a total of $9.2 billion tredicesimas last week, and few would be so un-Italian as to save a lira of it. Instead, the windfall will go for pasta, parmigiano and panettone, and for spumante and sambuca to grace their holiday tables. Any lire left over will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Land of Woe and Wonder | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

This time, the Dodgers were undaunted by scare stories of New York City or Yankee Stadium, where they had lost six straight games over three World Series. Comebacks against Houston, Montreal and now New York convinced them that they were "destined," as First Baseman Steve Garvey, who batted .417, kept saying. Garvey is the son of the Florida bus driver who hauled the "Boy of Summer," the old Brooklyn Dodgers, around spring camps When Garvey peeled off his Los Angeles uniform top, the undershirt said BROOKLYN DODGERS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beating the New York Jinx | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...member, may take others like her away from the coalition. Should she be elected, she will likely side with liberals on issues other than housing; Her campaign has been getting more attention than expected, and if she does not win she seems prepared to run strong enough to scare the CCA. Many of her votes will likely transfer to Abt, who is also seen as a moderate on housing issues; Independent candidates backed by the Cambridge Condominium Network may also pick up some of Wilkes' support...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Predicting the Unpredictable | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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