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Word: topping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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ROSE BOWL: Ohio State (11-0) vs. USC (10-0-1)--Earle Bruce's Buckeyes boast one of the nation's top offensive threats in quarterback Art Schlichter. Southern Cal boasts two of the others in quarterback Paul McDonald and Heisman trophy-winning halfback Charles White, plus a stingy defense led by bone-crunching linebacker Dennis Johnson. It'll be close, but in the West, Southern Cal is best. USC 27, Ohio State...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Bowling for Scholars | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

...Glossaries help to explain insurance, stock market and real estate terms that Porter calls "bafflegab." Her style is brisk and hortatory. Porter warns her readers: "If you need a spring rain coat, don't stop off at the section reserved for bathing suits and buy a bikini at top price. I've done this sort of thing plenty of times, and I bet you have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Reads to Riches | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Superstar 3000 is a not-so-cheap ($39.95) toy electric guitar with a sound synthesizer instead of strings and the ability to remember and play back tunes. The player presses touch-sensitive colored panels instead of frets; pressure at the top of the guitar neck produces a wah-wah or vibrato effect. But Superstar 3000 looks and feels like junk, and doesn't sound like much. Toy musical instruments have always been disappointing, and computer chips haven't changed things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Those Beeping, Thinking Toys | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Harvard, which has now dominated two matches without the services of its top two players, relies on its depth, but Barnaby seemed most pleased with the squad's consistency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Shut Out Wesleyan, 7-0 | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Before the game began, Kleinfelder said she had instructed the team to shoot more from the floor, and shoot they did--from the top of the key, from the corners, from anywhere outside of 20 feet. The longdistance offense yielded fewer turnovers but also led to a 35-per-cent field goal conversion rate, not a winning statistic...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: UPenn Edges Women Hoopsters, 72-70 | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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