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Word: tilts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Turnovers, a quick Huskie defense, and usually sure shots that just wouldn't fall plagued the Crimson during that stretch. With both teams running fast-break offenses at full tilt, things got a little too quick for a tired Crimson squad...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Northeastern Dumps Hoopsters, 72-67; Huskies Stop Harvard Comeback Drive | 2/18/1981 | See Source »

...Tilt the cardboard tube and the glass shards shift; the pattern seen through the prism changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modeling the '80s Look: The Faces and Fees are Fabulous | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

...known fault lines to determine when the rock might be nearing the breaking point. More recently, they have begun to look for other signals of an impending quake, such as changes in the ability of the rock to convey sound waves, local alterations in the earth's surface tilt and magnetic field, and increases in the release from the ground of radioactive radon gas, a phenomenon associated with the fissuring of rock under pressure. Experts have even begun to take seriously reports that animals behave skittishly before quakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Predicting Quakes: a Shaky Art | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

Perhaps it was the fact that The Game was televised by ABC, or perhaps it was the fact that the Ivy League title was at stake, but most likely, the enthusiasm surrounding the tilt was derived from the time-honored, quaint tradition...

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: The Game | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

...also their own breed, disemboweling the liberal influence in government needed to maintain the delicate balance of power within the bipolar system. While it is not true that the New Right controlled the election, neither is it true that all the targeted Democrats would have fallen without a tilt of the scales...

Author: By Lucy M. Schulte, | Title: The Awkward Age | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

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