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Word: ued (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policy decisions" lest Moscow be blamed for the regime's failures. At the same time, the Afghans seem to be playing a tricky game with Moscow. Explains a diplomat from a nonaligned country: "The Afghans want to limit the Russians' options, just the way [the pro-U.S.] regimes did with you Americans in Viet Nam by forcing you to become prisoners of their rhetoric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Red Flag over a Mountain Cauldron | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

This disheartening setback at the hands of B.C. leaves the Crimson's record at one win and two losses; yet Walsh, encouraged by the strong showings by Costin and the freshmen, feels the squal will be prepared to face a difficult contest against New England Champions U. Maine at Blodgett Pool on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Swim Squad Loses Close Meet to Boston College | 12/7/1978 | See Source »

While admittedly the dour visage is nothing new, Parker was pretty much right on the mark when he discontentedly mumbled after the game that, "This was not a typical Harvard-B.U. game. For the most part, it was a dull, boring game." Aside from an abortive third-period Crimson comeback ignited by hustling freshman defenseman Mitch Olson and the inspired heroics of senior star Gene Purdy (who suffered a broken wrist in the final seconds and won't be able to show off his new Swedish Jofa helmet for at least a few weeks), last night's edition...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Terriers Concerned Despite Success | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...people outside were near the point where they wouldn't do anything anyone told them to," Steven U. R. Winthrop '80 chairman of the South House committee said yesterday. "There was no way we could turn them away, and the only way to avoid trouble was to close down the party," he added...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Questions Still Surround Shutdown of Toga Party | 11/28/1978 | See Source »

...locate on remote college campuses, Seattle and the other rising teams in the N.F.L. have beefed up their own scouting departments. Their model: Dallas, of course. Laments Gil Brandt, the Cowboys' vice president in charge of finding superstars: "We used to hear of a hot prospect at Podunk U. and send one of our guys to look at him. He'd be the only one there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Upstarts and Upsets in the N.F.L. | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

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