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Word: trek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Radio is peculiarly well suited to talk shows," he observes. "That is, if you have a guest who can talk. William Shatner and Persis Khambatta came on to plug Star Trek--The Motion Picture. I didn't see the film. They didn't want the press to see a screening--the assholes...

Author: By Steven X. Rea, | Title: The Salty Tongue of ROBERT KLEIN | 11/18/1980 | See Source »

...going to make the long trek up to Bowdoin, you might as well make it count, and the Crimson did, totally dominating the first half and then coasting home on the coattails of Lance Ayrault's four tallies--his eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh of the season...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Crimson Trounces Bowdoin Bears, 5-1 | 11/5/1980 | See Source »

...Brothers fear that like some sort of ghoulish Star Trek villain MIT will snatch them from behind and suck all of the life juices from their bodies. If they don't stay armed, beer mug in one hand, Simmons woman in the other, and stick together, they might be picked off one by one, left to rot in nurd purgatory. So they help each other out, getting the pledges dates, reminding a careless eager beaver that he's spending too much time under the high-intensity bulb with his organic chem models, and generally by being unnaturally cheerful...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Saturday Night The Brothers Don't Do No Tooling | 10/24/1980 | See Source »

...would complain about the day, a beautiful crisp fall afternoon, or the course, a three-mile trek through the Hanover golf course, or even Harvard's performance. Darlene Beckford did the predictable, winning the race in a mere 17:00, one second shy of the course record...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Dartmouth Depth Edges Out Harriers | 10/11/1980 | See Source »

...which is considered one of the world's best. Iraq also is reported to have 1,000 huge tank transporters, acquired as a result of bitter experience. Rushing to support Syria and Egypt in the 1973 war against Israel, Baghdad dispatched its tank force on the long trek through Jordan and Syria to the Golan Heights, only to discover that most of the tanks had shattered treads and burned-out engines by the time they arrived. This time the tanks were ready to ride to battle on transporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War in the Persian Gulf | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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