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Word: spotting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard tennis team got a key three-set triumph from substitute Andy Chaikovsky at the number six singles spot and then dominated the first two doubles clashes Saturday to down a powerful Navy squad, 6-3, in the Crimson's league opener...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen Capsize Navy, 6-3; Sub Chaikovsky Garners Win | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

...kept to a minimum. The composer writes for amplified keyboards, winds and voices, using as tools of his craft a pulsating rhythm, overlapping figures and a moving chromatic bass line. The overall effect is soothing, with strong yet not dogmatic liturgical overtones. Fans of German rock groups may spot similarities between Glass and Kraftwerk. Those classically oriented will think of Johann Pachelbel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tops In Pops | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

George Benson: In Flight (Warner Bros.). One record can make a man rich for the rest of his life. Breezin', Benson's 1976 LP, turned the trick for the guitarist-singer. He took the premier spot on the jazz, rock, soul and easy-listening charts. His name began cropping up on network TV. George bought a Mercedes. He was a star. How did success affect his music? If anything, it improved it. In Flight is his finest album so far. The material spans a wide stylistic range, from Benson's silky vocal on the Nat "King" Cole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tops In Pops | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

Dining hall workers yesterday checked students' bursar's cards with special imprinting machines as part of a University "spot audit" aimed at discovering the number of students who are misusing the cards to get free meals...

Author: By Angela M. Belgrove, | Title: Food Services Examine Bursar's Cards to Catch Freeloaders Not on Board | 3/30/1977 | See Source »

...retired janitor clad in a rumpled uniform slouched down in his seat, concerned that some familiar face might spot him there and tattle to his wife. He said he felt a "bit out of place," uncomfortable in the young and couple-dominated crowd that descended upon the dilapidated Harvard Square Theater moviehouse to see the much-discussed nude revue that opened this particular night. "I never believed it could be happening--right in front of my own eyes," he muttered, shaking his head during intermission, still stuck to his ant's-eye-view fifth-row-aisle seat. "Ah, the nudity...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: A Sucker Bored Every Minute | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

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