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Word: winded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Demoralized by the big jump and a strong wind blowing up the hill this weekend, the Crimson leapers should turn in a better score on the smaller jump at St. Lawrence this weekend. As there are no mountains or ski jumps in Cambridge, the Crimson has less practice than the other teams this season. Nevertheless there has been steady improvement in all events except jumping. The team has succeeded remarkably well in its schizophrenic life of spending half of the week in Lamont and half in les Montagnes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jumping Ruins Skiers; Chaffee Takes Second | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

...wind up in the swamp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Atlanta Conference | 2/27/1965 | See Source »

...climbed only 420 ft. on the first day. The next day was almost as tough: 550 ft. Both nights they slept suspended in midair on ropes anchored to pitons, with sleeping bags pulled up to their shoulders and nylon tents over their heads to protect them from the bitter wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mountain Climbing: Three Days on a Rope | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

Harvard's overall record is now 6-13, and since only five games remain on the schedule, the Crimson must wind up with a losing record, In the two years since the basketball team finished at 6-15 in 1962-63, 25 Harvard varsities had compiled winning records...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sextet to Face Off Against Bruins In Tough Providence Match Tonight | 2/20/1965 | See Source »

...Pavlovian response to the sound of gunfire. He was practically weaned Up Front.* A downy-cheeked sergeant in World War II, he drafted the immortal dogfaces Willie and Joe, followed up in 1952 with a sketch-board tour of combat in Korea. Sooner or later he was sure to wind up in South Viet Nam, and last week Cartoonist Mauldin was once more up to his ears in his natural element...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War Correspondents: Up Front Once More | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

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