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Word: whopper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have the prestige of the Sexton Cup (awarded since 1852 to the winner of the Harvard-Yale four-mile race) but, oh well, women's crew has to start somewhere, and it may as well begin with a "whopper" of a trophy...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley jr., | Title: Radcliffe Heavies Foresee Struggle With B.U., MIT | 4/27/1974 | See Source »

...Greek Revival buildings in Cambridge with demolition, number two is trying harder. Burger King corporation is sponsoring today's women's heavyweight crew race between MIT, Radcliffe and Boston University, and will award the Burger King trophy (which, contrary to popular belief, is not in the shape of a Whopper) to the winners...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr, | Title: Rock Steady | 4/27/1974 | See Source »

...thanks to Friedman's suggestion, the fact that Burger King, according to Litchfield, "is looking at some sites on Commonwealth Ave. near B.U. along with an increasing drive for student publicity in the Boston area, tomorrow's race will be a run for the Whopper...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr, | Title: Rock Steady | 4/27/1974 | See Source »

...golfer knows, a bad lie is not a terrible whopper told at the 19th hole. On a course, it means the bad positioning of a ball-jammed behind a tree in the rough, stuck in a divot on the fairway, or confronted with spike marks on the green. Generally, a golfer must play his ball where it lies or take a penalty of added strokes if he chooses to move it. Among weekend golfers, the temptation is often strong to improve a lie surreptitiously, especially on the greens, where a player is permitted to lift the ball and wipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Play It as It Lies | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

...local joke among Denver cattlemen that the steer should have been named after a rival chain's hamburger, the Whopper. It seems that Big Mac may actually be a white Charolais steer named Jeep. It also appears that he was dyed black for the show, for which the Charolais breed is not eligible, and entered as an Angus. A previous owner of the animal, which was reported to have died last November of hardware sickness (from eating metal, like barbed wire), spotted Big Mac at the show and declared him "the spitting image of Jeep, except that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Bum Steer | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

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