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Word: wet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...skies were clear as the two teams met to begin play, but the heavy rains of the previous two days worked to Harvard's detriment. The Crimson booters, lacking a sure footing on the wet and mushy surface, were unable to maneuver quickly enough to keep the Brown attackers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Smashes Crimson J.V. Booters | 11/1/1973 | See Source »

...Cosell. People "grab a sandwich and risk ptomaine poisoning." A fighter "figured to have two chances: slim and none." So-and-so is "all man." A TV show's success "is now history." And, in a class by itself: "Reporters clung to [Ali] as flies are attracted to a wet jelly bean...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: The Case Against Cosell | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

Asked what her feelings were after the game wet halfback Diana Finch could only say "confusion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Hockey Squad Swamps Wheaton | 10/19/1973 | See Source »

...soft chrysalis spit a lovely golden slit, her slimy infant shape weak at first clung to her husk, slowly an iris her wet obsidian-tipped wings unfolded turquoise & gold, scarlet & deep green, wavered then taking off a ripple running thru the whole of creation lifting into the glowing azure sky over the intense Okumura Garden where I stood amazed watching my image separate from...

Author: By Greg Lawless, | Title: The Birth of Visionary Worlds | 10/15/1973 | See Source »

PENN-DARTMOUTH--Hangover, N.H., will be wet tonight, as Greenies try to drown the sorrows of a three-game losing streak. Bellizeare passed the career 1000-yard mark for Quakers last week and motors on today. Penn 17, Dartmouth...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 10/13/1973 | See Source »

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