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Word: soured (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Following the victory in first singles, the Crimson fortunes turned sour. Second singles performer Martha Roberts was stunned by Wendy Levy in a quick two-set affair...

Author: By Gregg F. Clifton, | Title: Crimson Tennis Squads Split in Weekend Action | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

First of all, the article does not belong in The Crimson; if I want to read gossip, I'll buy The National Enquirer. The result of printing sour grapes can only be negative; neither the men's nor women's swim program will merit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Deep Water | 3/12/1980 | See Source »

...squad, and of being "manipulative," Bernal replied, "I didn't want to coach any of the young ladies," and insisted that he never made any move in that direction. He said that his immediate reaction to Walsh's decision was one of surprise, attributing most of her comments to "sour grapes...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Walsh's Resignation Makes Waves | 3/6/1980 | See Source »

Inside the thicket stood two rows of dasoyils, the dome-shaped folding huts used by wandering Ogaden herdsmen. There were two shops stocked with canned goods, boxes of spaghetti and bolts of cloth, a café where men sat drinking cups of steaming spiced tea laced with sour camel milk, a stall where a cobbler took orders for made-to-measure goatskin sandals. Camels groaned in protest as their owners loaded them up with sacks of rice, flour and sugar; the sounds blended unevenly with the bleat of goats and sheep grazing on the scrubby vegetation of a nearby field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOMALIA: War in a Barren Wasteland | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...Conservative strategy this winter corresponded to their strategy of last spring, a fatal mistake. The voters in Ontario, presented with a budget imbalanced in favor of Western Canada--Clark's electoral backbone--turned sour on the Tories. Even Ontario's Conservative premier, William Davis, criticized the austerity budget as unfair. The traditionally divided Tories thus repeated history by flailing at their own flag, leaving Clark with a tattered Tory...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: A Second Coming | 2/23/1980 | See Source »

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