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Word: won (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Montreal had won two of the three games played so far with the Cubs; but ace hurler Rick Reuschel was scheduled to pitch for the Cubs that day, which gave Chicagoans heart. My resident sage, though, had other thoughts...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: It's Home | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

Later on, in about the fifth inning, with the Cubs ahead, 3-1, the veteran oddsmaker denied the trend of the game, proudly announcing to all around that if the Cubs won, he would "strip on Michigan Avenue," the main street in downtown Chicago...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: It's Home | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

...would have won the sweepstakes five years ago for "most likely to burn out," but the Avis of British rock bands continues to plug along--even after the death of Keith Moon. They've added a new drummer and a keyboard man and are touring America this fall...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: My Generation, Past Thirty | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

...Generation" than you'll care to count--"My Generation" in front of screaming boppers, circa 1965; "My Generation" on the Smothers Brothers Show; "My Generation" blues-style; and so on. But virtually no tracks from Tommy, Quadrophenia, or Who's Next--except for "Baba O'Riley" and "We Won't Get Fooled Again," the two best sequences in the movie...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: My Generation, Past Thirty | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

...Harvard fares pretty well, because she uses it only for background: dropping names of buildings and alumni, reminiscing about sneaking a feel in an Eliot House room or necking on the steps of Briggs Hall. The Harvard name may sell a lot of books, but it won't save the story...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Rona's Radcliffe | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

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