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Word: slickly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's slick fielding proved invaluable in the early innings, for the team met severe frustration at the plate. The Crimson put eight runners on base in the first three frames but could deliver only two runs...

Author: By Neal Shultz, | Title: Softball Team Tops North Essex, 6-5 | 5/6/1982 | See Source »

...Crimson's slick fielding, fine pitching and timely, if not awesome hitting keyed the victory and a half and gave notice to Bridgewater that Harvard has improved immeasurably since their previous encounter...

Author: By Neal Shultz, | Title: Softballers Prevail | 5/4/1982 | See Source »

...waving "12" placards the night that the record was broken last week, there was much talk of Atlanta's sudden emergence as a baseball town, as if it had never been one before. When Joe Torre was just a plump kid of 13, his brother Frank was a slick-fielding first baseman for the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association (Double A). The Crackers took the pennant that year-and 15 other years too. Only the New York Yankees won more pennants, and no home team was better loved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Streak of Good Streaks | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

...most of the nation, politics today has become a slick package of computer predictions, gallup polls and flashy ad campaigns. But none of these innovations have yet invaded Martin County, Kentucky, and politics there proceed with a familiarly and lack of restraint that has changed little in remembered years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Countian Rakes Political Muck | 4/16/1982 | See Source »

...Victor Victoria, a light, romantic comedy set around a decadent 1930's Paris nightclub which featured acts by male impersonators--transcends the dubious spinoff genre Barely. Somehow Victor Victoria, which stars Julie Andrews pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman, works; Blake Edwards has made another slick, funny film...

Author: By Clea Simon, | Title: No Surprises | 4/13/1982 | See Source »

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