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Word: tossings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three minutes later, she flicked in another goal--a backhanded toss that eluded the stick of Crimson goalie Kelly Dermody--to put her team within three goals of the hosts...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Laxwomen Hound Northeastern | 4/9/1986 | See Source »

...animals he slaughtered. Roosevelt loved hunting the way that Imelda loves shopping. He loved the kick of the gun and the smell of the powder. He loved the antlers. The same sportive hormones may be active in Imelda. Nature is filled with wild waste, unthinkable redundancies. Why does nature toss off a billion sperm when only one of them is necessary to fertilize a human egg? Imelda's shoes, ecologically baffling, are part of the mystery of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Shoes of Imelda Marcos | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Cliff Sheehan contributed two points by placing fifth in the mile, in a time of 4:12.03. James Russell added the other point with a 58-ft., 6-1/2-in. toss in the 35-lb. weight throw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports Wrap | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

Aside from several key scenes where the actor's back is to the audience, space is used well. The actors toss themselves (and other objects) across the stage with abandon, fully expressing the play's physicality. Felman and Rubin both overcome their age handicap, warming to their parts by the second act so that we really believe that George is "fortyish but looks 55" and Martha, six years older than that...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: A Good Fright | 3/7/1986 | See Source »

February 23: The Crimson wins an early-morning coin toss with Dartmouth and chooses home-court advantage in the first and last (don't ask) Ivy Tournament. For its part, the Big Green receives the number one seed in the tourney and an accompanying first round bye. If all goes as planned, the two will meet in a re-match Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the tourney's final round...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Cagers' Remarkable Season Remembered | 2/26/1986 | See Source »

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