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Word: third (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fishing. As Gene Purdy remarks, "I felt bad having to pull those fish out of the water." But Purdy's heart soon warmed to the task at hand and by the end of the tourney he landed an 11-lb. Gadus Callarias, known as cod to the laymen, the third largest catch in the tournament...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: 'Ask Any Mermaid You Happen to See...' | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

MIDDLEBURY, Conn.--"Goodnight Harvard, Goodnight Harvard," sang the partisan home crowd here yesterday as overtime drew to an agonizing close for a Crimson eleven which had outplayed Wesleyan only to lose their third straight game of the young season...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Booters Robbed by Wesleyan in Overtime, 1-0 | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

...Junior high was a pain in the ass. They had me doing solid geometry, or algebra, and third-year Latin was not pleasurable. See, I had no father. My father died when I was young so I had no iron discipline as a teenager, and when I became a teenager, my mother became a pushover...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: George Carlin's Coming of Age | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

...defensive play of the game came down in the ninth, with a man out and the tying run at the plate. Following a backward-upside-down-dive job by Lynn in the third, Carl Yastrezemski slid forward, coming down hard on his butt to cut off a potential two-run single...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Rejuvenated Sox Topple Tigers, 5-2 | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

...Right now the team's playing good defense because I'm not there," injured third baseman Butch Hobson said. Hobson, who leads the league in errors, said last weekend he could no longer throw, due to the painful bone chips in his right elbow. Hobson slumped on his chair in the culbhouse for an hour, gazing at a hunting magazine. He said dejectedly, "There are no errors 'cause I'm not there, but that's the way it's gotta be when you get down to the nitty gritty...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Rejuvenated Sox Topple Tigers, 5-2 | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

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