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Word: seed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's top seed Tiina Bougas avenged last year's loss to Kathy Dalton by disposing of her, 6-0, 6-3, Saturday. After coasting through six quick games in the first set. Bougas faltered briefly and trailed 3-2 in the second stanza. Not to worry, she caught fire again to take the next four games and the match...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Yale Edges Women's Tennis Team in 5-4 Decision | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...English cutups made it funny (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) But Boorman has never been cowed by precedent or expectations. In Point Blank (1967), he twisted the gangster genre into a psychedelic ghost story. In Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), he torpedoed The Exorcist's bad-seed plot for a Mach 2 excursion into religious ecstasy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Glorious Camp of Camelot | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

After winning the 100-yard backstroke at the 1975 Indoor Nationals. Tauna demanded workouts with Haines and finally earned a trip to Montreal for the 1976 Olympics. Qualifying second behind Linda Jezek for the U.S. squad. Vandeweghe was the fifth seed: but inexperience on the international scene caught up with her and she missed making the finals...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: It's a Family Affair | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

...team of UNDRO inspectors toured the affected areas in January. They were impressed with China's own emergency efforts; only 5,000 people have died so far. But they estimated that China would need 1.5 million tons of rice, wheat and other grains, along with medicine, clothing, blankets, seed, milk powder and additional necessities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Flood and Famine | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

Another alternative to peanut butter is sunflower spread. It has the texture and appearance of peanut butter and sells for $1.99 per 18-oz. jar. In addition to roasted sunflower seeds, ingredients include hydrogenated rape seed, which is commonly fed to birds and is said not to stick to beaks. As for the flavor, both cottonseed and sunflower spreads compare to the real thing like, say, California sauternes to Chateau d'Yquem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Peanut Envy | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

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