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Word: wilding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sure, there have been plenty of John Cochrane's sonic booms from the point, Gino's wild-eyed dashes along the boards, and George's slick moves through the savage B.U. defense to savor. And there were the ECAC upsets over UNH in '76 and the Beanpot title in '77. But really, it's been a long, slow slide to where we are now--the pits...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: A Travesty | 10/11/1978 | See Source »

...tailback in high school. In that part of the country, football's really wild. We had a great team, and huge guys, and we ran all over everybody. My senior year I carried the ball something like 308 times...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Say It Ain't So, P. Wayne | 10/7/1978 | See Source »

...wonderful and crazy, they said. He wrote great autobiographies and fathered the hippie generation, they said. Clearly, Kerouac started something in 1957 when On the Road was published. But the changes in American mores and literature that Kerouac inspired are due to his literary and human genius, not to wild and crazy stories. Holmes said it best: "Most books that come out are contained. That is, people say, 'I want to read that book.' But what happened when On the Road came out was, 'I want to know that man,' women saying, 'I want to sleep with him.' They just...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Remembering Jack | 10/4/1978 | See Source »

John Belushi didn't show up, but the loga Party held by seven Leverett House seniors last Saturday night was a success nonetheless. The party was not as wild as some may have dreamed, however. For example, the Bacchanalia did not last until 5 a.m. as the invitations warned--not that several dedicated students did not try to prolong the ecstasy. Despite early rumors that the gathering would degenerate into an unmitigated orgy, most participants came with their garb securely fastened to their bodies by a unique assortment of pins, loops, staples and other flesh-concealing paraphernalia. Not a single...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Send in the Animals | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

After the initial celebration, the Yanks were subdued, almost fatigued, it seemed, in the clubhouse. A few players downed beers as reporters crowded around, but there was no sign of champagne or wild carousing anywhere...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Yanks Nip Sox for Title, 5-4 | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

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