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Word: seed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Inspired by the 3-2 win, the icewomen returned to respectability, reeling off a streak of five wins in six games and earning the number-four seed in this weekend's Ivy Tournament at the Bright Center...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Lauren Norton | 2/24/1981 | See Source »

...many of the best-known paintings, from the burning and writhing Sunflowers through the spiky lateen-rigged boats on the Camargue beach at Stes.-Maries; from the bedroom in the Yellow House at Aries to the tiny, dense icon of The Sower, a stubborn black lump distributing flakes of seed under the vast Apollonian wheel of the setting sun. Yet although these images have joined the noble cliches of art history, they can be seen afresh through their relationship with the work of other artists. The service this show does for Van Gogh is to place him in a clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Prophets of an Archaic Past | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

...most outstanding swim of the night for the Crimson came from sophomore Maureen Gildea. Swimming as the twelfth seed in the 500-yd. freestyle, Gildea overpowered the consolation heat, to knock eight seconds off her time and finish with the seventh fastest time...

Author: By Caroliner R. Adams, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Aquawomen Hold 3rd at Ivies | 2/21/1981 | See Source »

Floyd--who lost the 1000 but won the 500 against Ellis last weekend--is seeded fourth in the 500 yard freestyle and could conceivably win if pushed hard enough. Gilday will be swimming on Sunday as the fifth seed in the 1650--an event in which she holds the Ivy and meet records...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Aquawomen Go for Third at Ivy Finals | 2/20/1981 | See Source »

Most small American towns have at least one: the "odd" house that everyone knows and gossips about, the old place going to seed on the outside while a hidden, perhaps unimaginable life transpires behind drawn shades or yellowing lace curtains. A home haunted by its occupants fascinates the neighbors and many, many writers; the phenomenon crops up from Poe to Faulkner to Harper Lee and beyond. That last category now includes Author Marilynne Robinson. Her unsettling first novel deals with the fall of yet another house, but from an unusual vantage. The story is told by an insider who helps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Castaways | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

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