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Word: stanzas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...squad turned the game around, scoring nine unanswered points to capture, the first stanza...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spikers Down Springfield, Win League Title; Crimson Hopes for NCAA Berth Strengthened | 4/8/1983 | See Source »

...ensuing free position. Gem Simmons flicked a high shot into the corner of the net to give the Crimson a 2.0 margin Maggie Hart scored twice in the first stanza. Finn tallied again and freshman Blair Wardenburg scored her first goal of the season to make the halftime score...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Laxwomen Dump B.C., 7-1; Notch First Win in a Week | 4/6/1983 | See Source »

That bit of doggerel is the opening stanza of a poem written by Mani Said al Oteiba, Oil Minister of the United Arab Emirates, to commemorate the marathon twelve-day meeting in London of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that ended last week. The minister's lament reflected the mood of desperation that led OPEC to slash its official bench-mark price from $34 per bbl. to $29, the first cut in the group's 23-year history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPEC Knuckles Under | 3/28/1983 | See Source »

Despite the laxmen's strong showing on defense, Hopkins extended its advantage to 8-1 at the close of the second stanza. Penalties helped sink Harvard, ultimately accounting for half of the Hopkins goals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Top-Ranked Johns Hopkins Fells Laxmen in Opener, 11-3 | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

Scott Fusco broke the tie 4:08 into the final stanza, scoring what proved to be his sixth game-winning goal of the season. Linemate Jim Turner dug the puck out of the corner and passed to Fusco, who put a 10-footer through a slim opening in Proulx's pads...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Crimson Rules the East | 3/13/1983 | See Source »

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