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Word: sweets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...particularly sweet for Coach George Ford who, after trying different combinations in his last seven games, finally found a way to remedy his team's troubles...

Author: By John Beilenson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Booters Gain First Ivy Win | 10/31/1981 | See Source »

...innocence and honesty. The officer's lust for revenge consumes him, and he spends the later half of the play ebuliently chiselling on this great, remote mound called the Moor, eventually compelled to lie and kill to keep the plot in motion. When the poor Moor finally snuffs his sweet wife, and, the officer realizes--too late!--the error of his ways and feverishly repents as the curtain descends...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: 'The Pity of It,' Iago | 10/30/1981 | See Source »

...victory was sweet indeed for the Dodgers, because the Yankees had been the first team to achieve such a comeback when they rebounded to beat L.A. in 1978 after losing the first two games of the Fall Classic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dodgers Capture Championship | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

...given night through September, Meyreles might grab a woman from the crowd and lead her through dance steps, or pair couples blindly. He regularly enlisted a group of Tim Curryesque wrist-flickers to help him lead into his funky rendition of "Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." And a song dedicated one night to his girlfriend might be prefaced the next by "a song for the one I used to love." Meyreles always combined uniques versions of recognizable songs or catchy originals with a fresh brand of unpredictable theatrics. And--just as dependably--he cultivated smiling faces...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Singing the Brattle Street Blues | 10/28/1981 | See Source »

...make it even more exciting, falling behind, 10-0, to make you think this year might be different. Then, the Dartmouth offense (playing without its quarterback and leading running back, of course) struck for two quick touchdowns and the punting team recovered a fumble and before you knew it, Sweet Polly Purebread was safe in Joe Yukica's arms and Dartmouth had done it again...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Playing Favorite | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

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