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Word: spunk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Captain Ted Drury thinks Tracy's spunk makes him shine in net. "Tripp played unbelievably tonight. He's a very confident...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki and Jay K. Varma, S | Title: No Shortage of Crimson Beanpot Heroes | 2/11/1993 | See Source »

...scoring goes, sparky freshman Tom Holmes was the top turkey. With a lucky bounce and loads of spunk, Holmes tallied his first collegiate goal by rolling a puck past Eagle goalie Josh Singewald...

Author: By G. BART Kasowski, | Title: Happy New Year for Icemen | 1/4/1993 | See Source »

DONENE M. WILLIAMS--Harvard Union ofClerical and Technical Workers president wouldbring a little spunk to the labor department. Avoice for the working people. Chants from thebeltway like "Darkness, darkness, crescent moon,we need to have a contract soon" would reallystick it to Corporate America. Most recently seenparading in a witch costume outside PresidentRudenstine's house...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Send them PACKING! | 11/12/1992 | See Source »

...quickly find the festive "Saturday means Game Day" atmosphere I'd known at home. I assumed I'd learn Harvard's soul-stirring fight songs (surely there had to be dozens), songs that would rival "Hail Varsity" and "There is No Place Like Nebraska" for punchy go-team spunk...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: I'll Stand By My 10,000 Men | 11/7/1992 | See Source »

...Check Your Head they lay down equal parts of spunk, punk and funk to retake some of their old turf while displaying a newfound respect for their musical elders. For the listener, the result is like looking at 30 years of pop music through the bottom of an empty beer bottle. Live at P.J.'s at times evokes a schmaltzy hotel lounge act. Elsewhere, Santana-like Latin percussion and '60s soul grooves join a pastiche of electronically altered vocals and jabbering wah-wah guitars. Songs like Finger Lickin' Good mix live instruments with electronically sampled sounds and fluid tempos -- "switching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punky Funk | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

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