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Word: upping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Andy McNerney, at 126 pounds, battled his way into third as a result of earlier wins. Two quick headlocks left the freshman playing catch-up from a 10-2 deficit against Columbia's Doug McKenna. The aggressive McNerney fought back, abandoning his patented cradle for a roll which he used...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Crimson Matmen Fifth at Coast Guard; Campbell, Phills and McNerney Place | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Your kids'll love the brightly-rendered numbers. They'll lap up the showy costumes, the stoogery, and the cake and cookies at intermission. You'll go for the minor liberties they've taken with the score--"a linnngering death: boiling oil or.... New Haven"--revel in its recollection of...

Author: By Jamie O. Aisenberg, | Title: For Kids Mostly | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

WHEN BRIAN McCUE QUIT as director of this show, consensus held it would sink. Enter Shipley Munson. Under the guidance of producer Mark Stone, he patched it up, and then steered it to satire, while avoiding hack. His predictable cynicism--"let's poke a little fun at it as we...

Author: By Jamie O. Aisenberg, | Title: For Kids Mostly | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Chris Hancock was one beneficiary of this strategy. He outdueled Navy's Joe Heil for third in the 1650 free (16:51 to 16:59), and later pulled away from the Mid-shipman in the last 100 yards of the 500-yd. free to chalk up his career first dual...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Lundberg and Crimson Fleet Sink Naval Academy, 72-41 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Though the team played more confidently than it did in Friday's blow-out at Villanova, the Crimson could not keep up with the physical St. Joseph's squad. Led by freshman center Kate McPeak, who scored 15 points and snared six rebounds, the Hawks went up, 25-20, at...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: St. Joseph's Dumps Hoopsters, 58-44 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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