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Word: tossing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rookie Gillian Raney came alive in the marathon with a pair of clutch buckets, and Meyers added a free throw, but Harvard couldn't catch the veteran Bentley express. Paula Ayers (14 points) chucked home five points and Jackie Forster (15 points) plunked home a charity toss as the hosts hung on to win the wild and wooly affair by a marker...

Author: By Jonathan J.ledecky, | Title: Bentley Bests Women in Cliffhanger | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Following the release of its first probe, the Pioneer Venus 2 spacecraft this week was scheduled to toss off three additional instrument-crammed packages. The four probes, as well as the mother ship, will arrive at Venus on Dec. 9. All five are aimed to descend over different areas of the planet, so that they will gather the widest possible range of data, including temperatures, composition, density and distribution of the atmosphere. They will be passing through hostile territory. At higher altitudes the probes will be whipped by winds with velocities that may be as high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Year of the Planets | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...maverick in a populist mold, saw no ideological portent in his victory. He was elected, he said, "not because of what I was, but because of what I was not. I was beholden to no one, backed by no special interests and had no debts." In Iowa, the voters' toss-'em-out mood benefited Conservative Republican Roger Jepsen, who upset Liberal Democrat Dick Clark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Toss-'Em-Out Temper | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...brought with it a memorable 21-21 tie, a game filled with the exploits of the versatile Dick Clasby, then just a the versatile Dick Clasby, then just a promising sophomore. In a game rated a toss-up, the early events betrayed the predictions as Yale took two-touchdown lead...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Stadium's Diamond Anniversary is Ton | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

...Kirkland House senior is just one TD toss short of Ric Zimmerman's record 20, which has stood up for over ten years (since 1967, to be exact...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Brown Closes In On Passing Marks, May Pass Kubacki | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

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