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Word: tims (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tim Clifford fired his best outing of the year, as the senior raised his record to 2-1 with a seven-strikeout...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Batsmen Run Navy Aground, Sweep Doubleheader, 8-2, 3-1 | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...that controlled the tempo of Saturday's windchilled contest. Scott Pink's unrelenting stick and Frank "Carlo" Prezioso's positively vicious head-removal service provided the perfect complement to First's clutch goaltending. "Penn's attack is not that good one-on-one," explained Pink, who terrorized Penn attackman Tim Dachille all afternoon...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Laxmen Pacify Quakers, 8-6, for First Ivy Win | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Extra-large Charlie Altekruse, a junior, is the only other varsity returnee, but seniors Hap Porter and Tim McGee, veterans of the 1978 Sprint champion junior varsity, stand to help the team...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Heavies To Open Season In San Diego | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

...Tim McGee...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Heavies To Open Season In San Diego | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

TIME Reporter Tim Miller tested the hot lines by making informal calls to all three colleges. Emporia State and Arkansas, but not Johnson County, corrected his run-on sentence ("Enrollments will continue to decline, no change in the pattern is in sight") and his incorrect use of "less" for "fewer" ("Less students are enrolled this year than last"). The response was no better when he wanted to check out the more subtle misuse of "whom" in a subordinate clause ("They wanted to hire whomever was the best candidate"). A Johnson County instructor correctly insisted that Miller switch to "whoever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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