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Word: tossings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fast. Back in Macedon, where men are men and some women are too, an athletic teen-ager named Eurydike is practicing her javelin toss and dreaming of asserting a claim to the throne. Eurydike is the granddaughter of Philip II; her grandmother was an Illyrian warrior whom Philip wed to seal a peace treaty. Renault handles the matter discreetly: "The lady would not have been his choice for her own sake; she was comely, but he had trouble remembering which sex he was in bed with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Untidy Legacy of Alexander | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...what price? What has become of the sweet voice that made its owner the most affecting Rodolfo of his generation in Puccini's La Bohemel What has befallen the technique that allowed Pavarotti to toss off the famous nine high Cs in an aria from Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment with the effortless abandon that marks only the greatest tenors? What has happened to the suave phrasing and sure sense of style, which made his recording of Nessun dorma from Turandot an example to musicians everywhere? Have Pavarotti's duties as operatic emissary to the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: What Price Pavarotti Inc.? | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...windy Franklin-Field. Dartmouth seized a 17-0 halftime lead on a Tim Geibel 35-yd, field goal and 11-and three-yard scores by Sean Maher and Rich Lena. Penn lit the scoreboard in the third quarter on a five-yard toss from Quaker quarterback Doug Marzonie to streaker Karl Heil...

Author: By Ben Sherwood, | Title: Big Green Rambles Past Penn; Princeton, Brown Score Wins | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

With each team receiving a set of downs to score from the ten--House football's own version of the Oklahoma tiebreaker--Mike Ealy's seven-yard toss to halfback Ronnie Townsend, who was standing alone in the endzone put Currier temporarily in the lead, 6-0. The difference in the game was Currier's inability to get the posttouchdown two-pointer. On fourth down, Winthrop's last scoring opportunity, a Slack-to-tightend Cormac McLoud touch-down connection tied it at six. Slack's fall into the endzone secured the Winthrop victory...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Winthrop Slips by Currier in OT Win | 11/13/1981 | See Source »

Dufek, replacing the injured John Rogan at quarterback, unloaded the toss on a crucial third and eight situation, and Grieve gathered in his tenth touchdown reception of the season to give Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Continues to Roll, Tops Cornell | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

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