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Word: stabs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...guitars and drive them old trucks/Let 'em grow up to be lawyers and doctors and such"), you know this album is going to have some punch and humor. The crazy, whining guitars on "Mamas" come back for an encore in "I Can Get Off On You," perhaps a slight stab at Waylon's Nashville coke bust last fall, and a general paean to the powers of love...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Waylon, Willie and Hank Jr. | 3/3/1978 | See Source »

...meet, several Harvard swimmers swam events they usually don't swim so they could gain new experience or take a stab at the Eastern Seaboard swimming championship qualifying standards, Harvard Coach Joe Bernal said after the meet...

Author: By Susan H. Goldstein, | Title: Harvard Submerges Aquamen of Maine | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

...contest, their third match of the season. Each of the three, at one point in their MIT bouts looked like they would lose their perfect record. And each of the three, in true musketeerian fashion, came from behind when they had to and managed to have the last stab...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Women Slash Past MIT | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...characters have trouble distinguishing reality from illusion. This splendid confusion provides a perfect setting for avant-garde theater, in countless scenes where bizarre happenings become the norm. Thus the multiplication of leads is justifiable, even if it does not really work. The triumvirate of directors makes an honest stab at bringing elements of dance and mime into the production. but their efforts tend to be too confusing and ineffective. For example, many of the lines spoken by Miranda (Andrea Eisenberg) and Caliban (Marc Baum) are repeated a bear or two later by their doubles and/or triples. The result...

Author: By Mark Chaffie, | Title: A Triple Play | 12/8/1977 | See Source »

...taken up the sax, the cello, the flute and the clarinet. A combination of mediocre talent and slim job pickins had prompted a quick and tragic end to one instrumental fascination after another. Given this unfortunate history, I couldn't figure out why big brother decided to take a stab at the piano. "Well, this time he says he's really committed to make it big," my friend explained. "What he lacks in talent, he figures, he'll make up for in ambition...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: Flying High With Ariel | 11/3/1977 | See Source »

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