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Word: shaves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...butterfly, and he, like Brumwell, has an outside chance of placing. Neville, a freshman like Baughman and Brumwell, is ranked ninth in the fly, but his chances in the two freestyle events, against some very fast competition, are not bright. Neville, who has had trouble with his starts, could shave some time off his 50-yd. free mark if he can master the grab start he began using at the Easterns...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Fencers, Swimmers Enter NCAA Competitions | 3/23/1972 | See Source »

This feeling was summed up beautifully in junior David Strauss's comment on Gambril's statement. "As far as I'm concerned, the most important day of the season is admissions day at Harvard." Dave said, "Well that's great, I'll work out hard and taper and shave down for April...

Author: By Raymond A. Urban, | Title: California Don Comes to Harvard | 3/22/1972 | See Source »

After a close call, or should I say, shave, at Cornell, and about three days of solid pinball, the Crimson hosted Penn, a team which much like Harvard's has its head into a lot of different things. The Quakers, who last year won the Eastern League in the regular season and the Easterns in post-season, were hurting. Harvard caught them napping, and, with the help of a bungled Quaker relay, upset them. Typical of the kind of effort that the Crimson displayed all season was their unwillingness to give up when behind. They took three straight sweeps...

Author: By Charles B. Straus iii, | Title: CBS Reports | 3/15/1972 | See Source »

...Disc Jockey Dick Purtan and said: "Listen to this." Since then, Purtan says, "people have been going crazy, calling up to play Old Folks at Home, Happy Birthday and everything else." One Detroit lawyer is being driven to distraction, Purtan says, because his phone number corresponds to the hallowed "shave and a haircut, two bits" refrain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Phoney Tunes | 3/6/1972 | See Source »

Freshman Dave Brumwell, who appears headed towards capturing the award for the highest point total, took firsts in both the 200 yd. I.M. and the 200 yd. back, and added a second in the 200 yd. free. Pete Mikhalevsky continued to shave time off his 200 yd. breast stroke as he won for the second week in a row with a good time...

Author: By Terry Straus, | Title: Mitchell Breaks Old Record in 1000; Swimmers Drown Springfield, 74-39 | 1/20/1972 | See Source »

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