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Word: spiked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BLOODY SPIKE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Burnout of a Revolution | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

...Martin brothers accounted for the spikers next two points. Sophomore Tarry served up an ace while senior Captain Brad drilled to the floor an errant Princeton return. When Chang's spike bounced off Tiger Mark Nixon's head, Harvard had won the first game...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabet, | Title: Spikers Nab First Ivy Championship, Down Princeton in Final, 15-9, 15-8 | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

...joined All-Ivy First Team... Chang was selected to the All-Ivy Second Team... The famous cowbell used in hockey games made a surprise appearance in the finals, much to the 40-person crowd's satisfaction... The Tigers received a heavy dose of "sieve" chants after each successful Crimson spike... The spikers ended the season with a 37-2 overall mark, 12-1 in post-season competition...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabet, | Title: Spikers Nab First Ivy Championship, Down Princeton in Final, 15-9, 15-8 | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

...only to see disorganization plague the squad. Once again the Panthers intensified their serving efforts and caused havoc in Harvard's setting. As Martin said, "They got passes to their hitters very easily whereas we had to battle to set up our offense." These problems and a last Panther spike ended the game...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabet, | Title: Spikers Fail in Eastern Finals Bid, Top Princeton But Bow to Pitt, 3-0 | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

Decked out in mesh stockings, spike heels and a nun's habit slashed to miniskirt length, Jack Fertig, a San Francisco transvestite, campaigned for a seat on the eleven-member San Francisco board of supervisors last November under the alias of Sister Boom Boom. On the ballot he had listed his occupation as "nun of the above," and he got 23,124 votes. This was not enough to win a supervisor's seat, but enough to encourage him to enter this fall's mayoral election. Also declaring: "Lady Lillian Chaucer-Peace, gentlewoman," "James Bond Zero, political exorcist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boom Town | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

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