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Word: spotting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...playoff spot number eight, it looks like the Friars have the inside track at this point. Cruising along until they met up with B.U. and B.C. in successive games, Providence should get its act together fast, helped along by the easiest schedule of the three teams involved. The Providence-Northeastern clash on the 27th will probably decide things...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: ECAC Hockey Into the Homestretch: Harvard Saddles Up | 2/14/1978 | See Source »

...this stage in time, far ahead of the programs at the other Ivy schools. High-scoring forward C.B. Tomasiewicz, who led the way with 21 points against Yale, took home the tournament Most Valuable Player honors, while teammate Margaret Meier, who chipped in 20 yesterday, received a spot on the All-Tournament Team...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Princeton Tops Yale, 65-56; Wins Ivy Championship--Again | 2/14/1978 | See Source »

...ending "Figure 8," the five stand in a line down the middle of the stage from front to back. To the beat of a muffled-sounding gong, they bring their hands to a spot on their heads, then pull them away, wavering their arms to either side of their bodies. It's the most powerful sort of choreographic imagining. It makes the viewer close eyes and burrow into their seats afterwards, not wanting to let it go, keeping the deathbeat sounding in their minds...

Author: By Susan A. Manning, | Title: The Logic of Movement | 2/14/1978 | See Source »

...southeast, Camp David is a 143-acre compound of more than a dozen buildings, perched on a 1,880-ft. hilltop in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. The heavily wooded setting, teeming with deer and raccoon, blue jays and snowbirds, and an occasional pileated woodpecker, provides Presidents a spot for total seclusion. Sadat's visit last week marked the 20th time that a foreign chief has joined in that peace and quiet?Churchill's five trips were the most numerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Camp David: A Palatial Retreat | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

Hebert was one of the targets of the rule change. He entered 20 tournaments last year, but played so poorly that he never finished higher than 47th place, and his total money earnings were just $828. Yet each time he competed, a spot in the draw had to be denied to one of the rabbits. P.G.A. Tour Commissioner Deane Beman explains: "An exemption that was unlimited in duration and had no relationship to current abilities was unreasonable. It denied the opportunity for someone else to be able to compete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: How Long Is a Lifetime? | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

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