Word: winner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...enthusiasm. The best example is this year's issue of Pro Quarterback which carries an altogether rosy profile of New Orleans running back George Rogers, who was the league's top rusher in his rookie year. The article, titled "The Making of a Superstar," chronicles the former Heisman Trophy winner's glorious first year but omits one crucial detail: Rogers' off-season admission that he has a bad drug problem which caused him to spend $10,000 on cocaine during his stellar rookie season...
...anxious over such a minor point. After, all, isn't this Fair Harvard--where feminist Betty Friedan is a "Fellow" at the IOP, and the Straus Cup competition includes one sport named "Volleyball" and another named "Women's Volleyball" (with fewer points going to the winner of the latter)? Where women trying to study Women's Studies as a Special Concentration are expected to "prove their seriousness" by overcoming obstacles designed to rival the Twelve Labors of Hercules...
...winner on the over-the-counter market was Millicom, which is involved with the cellular technology that threatens to put a phone in every car. Millicom sold for less than $2 a share a year ago, but it rose smartly. Then last month the brokerage firm of Dean Witter Reynolds began to recommend it. That helped lift the shares to 22 before the brokerage house learned that it could not legally solicit sales in some states. With that, Dean Witter brokers stopped pushing Millicom, and the stock dropped. Millicom still managed to end 1982 at 15, up 728%. Last week...
...when Crimson forward Laz Ward smacked home the game winner with only a minute left in last night's game at Bright Center. Crimson had done more than just return the favor, it had possibly saved its entire season...
...proved to be the Crimson speed which up ended the visitors Ward, who also tied the score at three with just under 10 minutes to play, outskated three Bruins on the game winner...