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Word: scratches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that was that--scratch singles in the eighth and ninth amounted to nothing and Barber coasted to a complete-game, shutout victory in his first start of the year...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Barber's Curves Blank Crimson, 4-0 | 4/16/1981 | See Source »

...hard on his eyes a few years back and walked away from the UCLA job. Poor Gene just couldn't stand the pressure of coaching in John Wooden's shadow, of defending all those national titles. He said he guessed it suited him better to start a program from scratch, build it up himself...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Clean Gene Whips the 'Cats | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

...vivacity, without the thought, leaps to the eye in color as well as motion. The costumes are from the Loeb's bins, and from scratch, and occasionally, it seems, from Woolworth's. The makeup is self-applied, often with startling and regrettable results...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Under the Chandeliers | 3/12/1981 | See Source »

...tremendous constituency of parents, students, and educators will pressure Congress into doing "little more than nibbling at the edges, while most students will be able to scratch together enough to get to school somehow," Keenan said...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Educators Fear Cuts in Federal Aid | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

...Reagan tried to work it out himself on a scratch pad and came out with 60 miles; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing provided the correct figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Challenge to Change: Reagan calls for an end to spendthrift Big Government | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

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