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Word: wind (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Battling wind and rain and slippery roads, Peter Bates pedalled his way to victory in Sunday's Harvard-Wellesley Bicycle Race...

Author: By David J. States, | Title: Rain and Accidents Mar Bicycle Race | 5/14/1974 | See Source »

...freshmen lightweights also went out in style. When they move up to new divisions next year, they can look back to a great finish of their freshman season. Rowing in near-perfect conditions, helped by a slight tail wind, the freshmen barreled through the competition, beating Rutgers by open water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V., Frosh Lights Nab EARC Sprints | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...fight of the day was between Wilbur "Cool Breeze" McClarnon of Lowell and Alan Bozer of Adams. The "Cool Breeze" blew away Bozer's first round effort. Coming back, Bozer scored a knockdown in the second round which took the wind out of McClarnon's attack...

Author: By Gordon Rutledge, | Title: Boxers Pound Through Finals | 5/9/1974 | See Source »

Bridge overestimated his own stamina in making the effort, and the lead group eventually dropped him. Once out of the protection of that pack, he had to face the full force of the wind alone, and the fatigue forced him to drop from the race...

Author: By David J. States, | Title: Harvard Cyclists Gear for U.S. Team | 5/7/1974 | See Source »

...like a rock star stirring up his fans. Indeed, without a crowd to please, he often sank into the kind of moody lassitude that sometimes plagues out-of-work actors. At Berchtesgaden, to the utter boredom of his staff, he would show favorite movies (among them Gone with the Wind) over and over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stages of Savagery | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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