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Word: superiors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Down 11-7 in the fifth and final game, the Harvard men's volleyball team cashed in on superior five-power to rally back for a five-game victory over a scrappy Albany State squad last night...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Spikers Need Rally To Get Past Danes | 3/11/1982 | See Source »

...Advisory Board refuses to provide funds, riders will have to wait for action by the legislature or state courts. The New England Conservation Law Foundation has filed a suit with the Massachusetts Superior Court charging that the MBTA should have automatically implemented fare cuts because of the latest disappointing ridership statistics...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Subway Fares May Drop To 60 Cents by Summer | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

...gamesmanship. Yet How to Make War is far more than "Dungeons and Dragons" for grownups. One Dunnigan scenario of how World War III could come about touches on the irrational, which is history as it endlessly reveals itself: "A vicious circle develops as each side suspects the other of superior technical performance. Lacking any means to validate this performance, the claims become even more outrageous and expensive ... In Russia, where the spirit and practice of the Potemkin village (a false front, as in motion picture sets) still lives, the national mania for secrecy only makes the problem worse. The possibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rethinking the Unthinkable How To Make War by James F. Dunnigan | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

...since all were culpable, there was no real art in the show. The same fandango is going on in Spain these days, with the generals on trial for treason frantic to pin last year's failed coup on each other. The buck may also be passed to superiors, as Nuremburg made clear. The first buck pass was Adam to Eve to snake, who, while superior to the unhappy couple, was unable to pass the buck elsewhere. Since the snake himself once worked for a Superior, it is just as well that he had no finger to point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Staff Ate My Homework | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

...while Pittsburgh relied on Ujevich and Amy Jackson to score in event after event, Princeton fell back on superior depth, consistently picking up seconds and thirds in races the Tigers could...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Men First, Women Fifth at Easterns | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

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