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Word: winging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Yale connected on a 40-yd. penalty goal minutes later, then took the lead just before the end of the half on a Crimson turnover. Harvard dropped the ball in its own territory, a Yalie picked it up and passed it out to his wing, who galloped 30 yards to paydirt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Whip Yale 'A' Squad, Capture Mythical Ivy Crown | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...when John Spagnola wrestled Pat O'Brien's wing-and-a-prayer aerial from the hands of Harvard's Fred Cordova, the very sou! of Crimson football winced at the mortal wound. Cordova dropped to the turf in a heap, unable to move under the weight of the crushing frustration...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: The Game: Not Quite Enough Is Common Theme | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Ultraconservative Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr., 66, has dominated New Hampshire politics for three successive terms. In league with powerful right-wing Publisher William Loeb, Thomson has kept the Granite State free of both a sales tax and a personal income tax, the only place in the nation where neither levy is imposed. But this year, shortly before the election, 80,000 utility bills were mailed out across the state with a special surtax to pay for the controversial Seabrook nuclear power plant. Thomson had refused to veto a bill prohibiting that special charge and was suddenly cast as a less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Down with Corruption | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...fact, Western analysts in Moscow believe that Soviet leaders probably prefer the Shah to any Iranian government that would be likely to follow him. The Kremlin, they point out, would hardly benefit from a military dictatorship, a right-wing Islamic government or a prolonged period of instability. Moreover, the Shah has developed a good working relationship with Moscow over the years, including a large number of joint economic projects and the sale of Iranian natural gas to the Soviets. One of the opposition's complaints is that Tehran's sale of gas to Moscow enables the Soviets to sell their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Shah's Fight for Survival | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...played together for the Half Hollow Hills High soccer team in Dix Hills, Long Island. And the summer before Walter's freshman year, the threesome toured together with a team visiting Germany. Walter was a center forward, Michael played center half, and Tony, the youngest Diaz, took right wing in the family combo, so there must have been a few Diaz to Diaz to Diaz combinations...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Booters Open THE WEEKEND; Diaz Brothers Meet in Season Finale | 11/17/1978 | See Source »

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