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Word: sportin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Denver. It has been called, variously and hyperbolically, the eighth wonder of the world, the most usable public facility ever designed, the structure that will make all other existing stadiums as obsolete as Rome's Colosseum. It is, claim Orleanians, "the domedest thing you ever saw," "the classiest sportin' house in the world" and "the Miracle on Poydras Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Superdome Named Desire | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

...acts on his knees better than most young operatic hopefuls do on their feet, and he has a booming bass-baritone voice. Wilma Shakesnider has just the right blend of vibrant lyricism and common-sense demeanor to make Serena an appropriately righteous foil to Bess. Larry Marshall's Sportin' Life could use a touch more evil but is admirable in his dandified elusiveness. The depth of this cast is suggested by the presence of the veteran contralto Carol Brice, a regular on the concert scene since the 1940s, in the minor role of a neighborhood scold named Maria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Return of Porgy | 7/19/1976 | See Source »

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