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Word: spiking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...going to wallpaper my room with a picture of the final position, and them I'm going to spike my king," said Youssef...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: `Definitely the Best Player I've Ever Faced' | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

...major cause for the Crimson's loss on Saturday was the inefficiency of its offense, due in most part to its lackluster passing. Harvard (3-7 overall, 0-2 Ivy) failed to move the ball effectively on its side of the net and was unable to set and spike well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Huskies Humble Ruggers; Aquamen Place Fifth | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

Harvard (1-2), which gave up a 4-1 lead in the second set and a 3-2 lead in the fourth, just couldn't get it together as the Crusaders took advantage of almost every opportunity to spike the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Spikers Upended By Holy Cross; Have Problems With New Setters | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

What did the movie actually do? Exactly what Spike Lee, in countless interviews, has said he wanted it to do--it made people think. New York's attention was now focused on the state of racial relations in the city, but the focus sometimes clouded the heart of the issue and exaggerated its most sensational effects...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Healing the Wounds of New York | 9/20/1989 | See Source »

...uncanny, the similarity between this scene and the earlier one at the party--but this was the real world. He and I, perfect strangers, could just as easily have been shouting racial epithets at each other in Bensonhurst or in the next Spike Lee movie--but, no. This was the real New York...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Healing the Wounds of New York | 9/20/1989 | See Source »

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