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Word: weren (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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These are real groaners, which is to say, exactly what Pudding audiences are after. Unfortunately, Saint Misbehavin' doesn't deliver the inside Harvard humor of past theatricals. The obligatory Wellesley gag-which I wouldn't give away if it weren't so lame-comes when the evil Nurse Dwyer threatens to send Emmanuelle Leighbor (Carl "B.J." Fox)-the subtly played, airheaded nurse who elsewhere calls flowers "the most beautiful things on God's earth"-back to a certain Route 30 finishing school...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Medicine Ball | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

...were two strides behind all night long," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said. "We weren't ready. We didn't deserve...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Cats Stump Icemen, 3-2; Crimson Tied With SLU | 2/20/1988 | See Source »

...could hardly move," said George Haines, a former coach of Ball's at Haverford High School. "If it weren't for that, he would have won the match. You could see him grimace after each point...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Ball Finishes Second, Edge Gets Consolation in USSRAs | 2/16/1988 | See Source »

...work. Skiers today are the most heavily sponsored of all Winter Olympians. Zurbriggen, a sporting-goods store on skis, wears seven of his products in action, from goggles to boots. His estimated 1987 take, approaching $1 million, was paid through a perfectly legal Swiss team trust fund. If Brundage weren't dead, this would kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: Up From Slavery on the Slopes | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...knew coming in that rebounding was the key," Roby said. "We weren't equal to the task...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Cagers Fall Short Against Pennsylvania | 2/13/1988 | See Source »

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