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Word: wind (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...interior designer will tell you that green and orange clash and yesterday was no exception as Princeton and Dartmouth used completely different playing strategies. A strong wind, however, stifled the Big Green's kick-and-run attack while allowing the skillful Tigers to control ground play and secure...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Elis, Tigers and Bruins Win In First Round of Ivy Tourney | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

Both Mather and Winthrop wind the regular season with 1-2 records...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Kirkland Swamps Lowell 36-0; Mather Edges Past Winthrop | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

...unearthed little. The insatiable public demand for commercial properties so far outstrips the screenwriters' meager production that producers are forced to fall back on proven story ideas. The resulting list of products reads like a Porcellian Club roster--Godfather II, Jaws 2, Rocky II, and Gone with the Wind...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: One Sings, the Other Two Don't | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

...restaurant in Washington, advertised fresh Pennsylvania rattlesnake sauteed in wine for $9.25, Interior Department Herpetologist C. Kenneth Dodd Jr. whipped off a letter to the beanery urging that the reptile be spared. Pennsylvania's scarce timber rattlesnake is rapidly approaching extinction, he warned. Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus got wind of the letter and promptly fired Dodd, mainly for sending a personal protest on official Government stationery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Rattling Andrus | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...using the sidelines effectively as the first half wound down and brought Harvard to the enemy 21. But a six-yd. loss on a rollout pass to Beatrice brought in Dave Cody for a 44-yd. field goal try with five seconds left. Cody's kick into the swirling wind fell short as time expired...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Crimson Gridders Drop Fifth Straight | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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