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Word: sticked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...senior sweeper on the field hockey team, makes playing defense as thrilling--and dangerous--as parachuting with an umbrella. If the ball is heading toward the Harvard goal, you can bet Groome will be charging after it. And if she gets a hold of the ball with her stick, beware. It will either go a mile on the ground, or fly into the air in wicked line-drive fashion, daring an opposing forward to stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Guide to Crimson Superstars | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...Everyone is pulling for us to break the record or laughing at us, but we've got to stick together. We're all we've got right now," adds wide receiver Terry Brown...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Those Losin' Lions | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...including room and board). The union contended that its members earn an average of only $170 a month. "Employers learned that the union has muscle," said Naas Steenkamp, president of the Chamber after the final session, "and the union has learned that the employer can set limits and stick to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Digging Out to Avoid a Cave-in | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

Unlike the eclectic, subtle cuisine at Claire, most restaurants have menus that stick close to or are adapted from native specialties. Coconut-covered shrimp, plantains, codfish and conch in various guises, and the marinated, then grilled jerk chicken and pork are among coast-to-coast favorites. Along with callaloo (a soup of crab meat, kale and pork) and Jamaican meat patties, the chef at Manhattan's Sugar Reef also dishes up the aptly named but pallid "trendy wrapped fish" (perch cooked in banana leaves). At the Sugar Shack in Los Angeles, Cuban Moors and Christians (black beans and white rice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: It's A Tropical Heat Wave | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

Sherman Suchow has undergone quite a transformation. Born in Brooklyn 59 years ago, he now calls himself Charles Merrill Mount, affects an English accent, carries a walking stick and sports classic three-piece suits. An art historian and portrait painter, Mount stands accused of pursuing a third career as well: pilferer of rare historical documents. Last week the FBI arrested him for possessing a 1904 letter signed by Novelist Henry James that had been missing from the Library of Congress. Five days earlier Mount had been charged with stealing letters written by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill. Said Special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walking Papers | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

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