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Word: wont (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition to wagon congestion on market day, there was one other overriding problem, and that was dragons. Predictably merciless when they terrorized a village--as was their occasional wont--dragons became much more unpleasant when pestered by heroes with long spears. One such confrontation is depicted in Matthew Robbins' Dragonslayer, the story of a kid who wears burlap clothing but makes good anyway...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Puff the Magic | 7/10/1981 | See Source »

...main difference between tonight's contest and those first eight--a 91-68 loss to Texas December 29 being the most recent--is that this one is for keeps. It's an Ivy League contest--the first of the year--and as McLaughlin is wont to say, "Tuesday is the start of the real season...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Upended in Texas, 91-68, Crimson to Face Brown In Ivy League Opener | 1/6/1981 | See Source »

...Hampshire votes tomorrow, and half-a-hundred trends, meanings, insights and revelations will be gleaned from the wisdom that its 200,000 or so voters bestow. More than two candidates will claim victories, moral or otherwise, and at least one will call it quits. The primary, as is its wont, will mark a watershed in this campaign, separate wheat from chaff, get the ball rolling, shift the momentum, be the straw that broke the camel's back or prove the turning point. But no matter how it turns out, New Hampshire will be judged by the mythos which have surrounded...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Quadrennial Quest | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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