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Word: winner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Motion Picture Academy in years past has displayed a distaste for political controversy; half a decade ago, a streaker was more acceptable than an Oscar winner with the temerity to rail against the war. But as a headline in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner put it last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Viet Nam Comes Home | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...Manteno Mental Health Center underwent "unauthorized and secret" experimental surgery in the 1950s and '60s at the University of Chicago's Billings Hospital. The surgery removed their adrenal glands, organs atop the kidneys, which produce cortisone and other hormones. The supervising surgeon: Dr. Charles B. Huggins, 77, winner of a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on hormonal treatment of cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Guinea Pigs? | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...winner of the annual Harvard-Brown encounter receives the Stein Cup--a vessel some believe is a Wursthaus beer stein. That delusion comes from the Crimson's complete domination of the series. Harvard has taken all 14 Stein Cups...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Heavies Meet Bruins Today In Season's First Home Race | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

However, the final relay, a five-point, winner-take-all affair, still left the Crimson in a position to win the meet. But the squad of Ryan Lamppa, John Chafee--who earlier romped in the 800 meters-- Al Harrington and Chris Nicodemus lost by 1.9 seconds...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Huskies Slip Past Crimson With Victory in Final Relay | 4/18/1979 | See Source »

Pacing the ball with pinpoint accuracy, the Harvard senior mixed tenacious consistency with an occasional glorious crosscourt backhand winner. Even when Eames made repeated lob returns of Chaikovsky smashes, the Crimson number two refused to grow careless and pounded down more overheads until Eames finally netted the ball...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Netmen Trounce Penn State As Chaikovsky, Pompan Star | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

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