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Word: stallings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...land within a millimeter of its target. With the Trident I, II, and the MX missiles Draper will reduce Circular Error Probability (CEP) to 300 feet. For the purposes of missile accuracy, this amounts to what the Real Paper described as the ability to "land a warhead in stall three of the men's room at the Kremlin." Clearly Draper Lab is very skillful at what it does...

Author: By John Chute, John Lindsay, and Jay Mccleod, S | Title: Demonstration at Draper Lab | 4/30/1981 | See Source »

AMHERST, Mass.--"A Free for All on Every Stall" was a slogan in the student government campaign at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst last week...

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: Coed Bathroom | 3/14/1981 | See Source »

...That's the only thing they could do," McLaughlin said of the stall, "I think they did it a little longer than they had to, though...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Dump Green, 60-40 | 3/4/1981 | See Source »

Somehow last night's contest seemed appropriate for the farewell. Dart-mouth, missing the leading scorer in the Ivy League, Larry Lawrence, entered the building and tried to stall. With its core of nobodies, the team sank into an understandable, if ineffective, stall--like North Carolina's four corners with a man in the penalty. And the people were bored. And the players were bored. When Dartmouth scored its first point, almost seven minutes into the game, the crowd cheered lustily. The game was painted IAB green...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: IAB Farewell | 3/4/1981 | See Source »

After the break, the Huskies came out with a new look--a four-corner, Princetonesque stall, which the Crimson failed to break in the final minutes. Moments later, the Huskies extended their tenuous two-point lead to seven, while desperate Crimson substitutions came up short...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Northeastern Dumps Hoopsters, 72-67; Huskies Stop Harvard Comeback Drive | 2/18/1981 | See Source »

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