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Word: tad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tad Barrows, Brown's star of the game with four goals, had earlier stunned the Crimson by drilling a bounce shot past First to tie the game at 12-all with two seconds left in the fourth quarter...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Harvard Laxmen Stun Brown in Overtime, 13-12 | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Although Zeffirelli usually has a good eye for sets and atmosphere, even the ambience of The Champ seems bogus. The low-life Florida sporting hangouts frequented by the champ (Jon Voight) and his son (Ricky Schroder) are a tad too pretty; the extras look like a musical comedy chorus. The florid digs of the mother (Faye Dunaway) are so opulent that one expects Astaire and Rogers to appear on a staircase. Such decorative exaggeration is paralleled by Zeffirelli's treatment of his story. Each time The Champ hits a melodramatic climax, which is roughly once every five minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tear Jerks | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Garry Trudeau, cartoonist, describing Elizabeth Taylor in his comic strip Doonesbury: "A tad overweight, but with violet eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 29, 1979 | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson's newly-elected captain Charles "Chas Outrageous" Duffy spearheaded the attack. Playing at number one, the five-year Milton Academy stand-out ousted Ephman Tad Chase in three straight games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Racquetmen Prevail, 8-1 | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

Walcott said food services may use workers from Tad's Manpower, but only if they have not worked at Harvard during the current school year...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Kitchens Are Back to Normal After Salmonella | 11/28/1978 | See Source »

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