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Word: wonderboy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...biggest of the countless question marks surrounding the finale is the health of Harvard wonderboy Bobby Hackett, who came down with a fever Thursday night and lost his 200 duel with Saltzman last night. Hackett should win the evening's opening race, the 1650 yd. freestyle, handily despite his illness...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Princeton Stays Within Range | 3/3/1979 | See Source »

...Freshman wonderboy Bobby Hackett smashed his second meet record in two days and fellow Yardling Michael Coglin grabbed another individual event, but the Harvard swim team fell behind powerhouse Princeton anyway in the second day of competition in the Eastern Seaboard Championships at Brown yesterday...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Crimson Trails at Easterns While Tigers Surge Ahead | 3/4/1978 | See Source »

...adolescent wonderboy can be klutzy. Taking a driving lesson, Andy hits the brakes of his pickup and drives his foot through the floorboard. He buys a pair of shoes and when he wiggles his toes the seams pop. Daddy Majors clearly has another rival on his hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Bionic Plague | 8/23/1976 | See Source »

...recent experiences with similar scenes in movies and a sort of savage humor regarding people and events. One of the first things that drew me to him was our common acquaintance with Tony, at a time when Tony was just beginning to assume his I'm-a junior-wonderboy role...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Barrie P. | 3/10/1972 | See Source »

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