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Word: slews (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third and 15, Miami has the ball, and Dan Strock steps back, but before he can get his pass off, a slew of San Diego rushers throw him to the ground for a four yard loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Uncle Irving and Me | 1/12/1982 | See Source »

...Uses for a Dead Cat, Garfield books, and the chuckle-filled Cat's Revenge: More Than 100 Uses for Dead People continue to enchant book-buyers into the holiday season. These are the most popular and sadistic of a slew of books on felines, all of which are completely unsuitable as gifts for your literate acquaintances. You can laugh heartily and from Great Comic Cats, you can learn the history of cat drawings from the 17th century to the present. You can learn to use cats as scooters and rakes and human corpses as insulation and hammocks. You can also...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: The Most Literary Season | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...possible 18 teams.) This year the squad could fare far better. Led by co-captains Paul Widerman and Jim Phills, Lee expects that Harvard can win a few weight classes. Widerman is returning from a year off, which he used to improve his wrestling skills. With a slew of past personal triumphs. Widerman will be a key factor in the Crimson's rise to glory. Since his freshman year, Phills has been the flashy talent on the squad; with his awesome accumulation of falls and victories. Phills is again expected to lead the team...

Author: By G. ROBERT Strauss, | Title: Wrestlers Ready to Win At Coast Guard Tourney | 12/4/1981 | See Source »

With a wry smile, Preston Davenport 78, looks over the dwindling crowd. In 35 Octobers here, his Ayrshires and Holsteins have won a slew of blue ribbons, anc he has come to know a thing or two abou fairgoers. "Everyone has been saying how much they are going to miss it," he says quietly. "But, you'll see. In a month or so they'll be onto something else." That is the comfort of progress-and its regrettable price. -By Joelle Attinger

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Connecticut: A Fair Goes Dark | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

Featuring a slew of talented freshmen recruits and an experienced rookie coach, the Harvard women's tennis team just may come of age in the 1981 fall season...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Courting an Ivy Championship | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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