Search Details

Word: second (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Kaplan won his first bout against MIT's top epee man but tired and lost his second...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Engineers Cut Fencing Squad; Crimson Stabbed in Epee Event | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...make it a contest--in fact, the Crimson battled back from a 2-0 deficit to knot the score, 2-2, at one point. But the favored Friars kept a territorial advantage throughout and broke the game wide open with three rapid-fire man-up goals in the second period...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Dumped, 6-3 | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...thunk." Denis Martin's cruise missile from the point, which leaves a considerable dent in the back of the net. 5-2, Friars, five minutes left in the second period, and what's Carter saying on the radio...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Dumped, 6-3 | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

Schneider Arena turned positively sepulchral when Harvard converted a slashing call on P.C. goaltender Scott Fiske into a tie contest 1:19 into the second period. Picking up a perfect Mike Watson pass at the P.C. blue line, freshman sensation Greg Olson waited for Fiske to make the first move and then calmly slid in a backhander for his fourth goal of the season...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Dumped, 6-3 | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...underwear. And it's all told in a style that might most charitably be called ungrammatical. Rock and roll writing should match the energy that defines that medium; Sanchez's prose sags and limps like a fat whore caught in a rumble. Perhaps Sanchez learned English as a second language. Certain words, like "fey" and "gossamer," become all-purpose modifiers, salt for his nouns--evervone in this book is at one time or another, "gossamer." But Sanchez's style doesn't come to full efflorescence till he describes the Stones' (or his own) women. Consider his paean to the physiognomy...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Stoned Wheat Thins | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

Previous | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | Next