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Word: zebra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scramble for a loose ball. Under this year's new rules, Harvard was supposed to bring the ball up from midfield within 30 seconds after the tally. But Harvard wasn't ready to start when the refs were. So despite the fact that the zebra suits had failed to issue the mandatory warning to the Crimson before calling delay of game, the ball was awarded to the jubilant Quakers. It took a sparkling leg save by First to prevent a potentially dangerous seventh Penn goal...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Laxmen Pacify Quakers, 8-6, for First Ivy Win | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...defeated Chicago, 4-2, in Chicago. 16. Rogie Vachon of Detroit. 17. 1970, when the Rangers and Montreal had identical records but New York won the spot on total regular season goals, 246-244. 18. Pierre Larouche, Pittsburgh Penguins, 20 years, 5 months. 19. 50 penalties. Islanders vs. Rangers, Zebra Ron Wicks. 20. Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers, 17 years old. 21. Boom-Boom Geoffreon, Denis Potvin and Gilbert Perreault. 22. The Birmingham Bulls. 23. Harry Howell of the New York Rangers in 1967. 24. Darryl Sittler. 25. Pat Hickey of New York and Danny Gare of Buffalo. 26. Once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Quiz Answers | 1/24/1979 | See Source »

...bullets. The S.L.A. went on to kidnap Patricia Hearst and involve her in an armed bank robbery. Four of the group were killed in a fiery Shootout with police in Los Angeles, televised live. During the same period, twelve whites were randomly shot by Black Muslim gunmen in the "Zebra" killings. Lynette ("Squeaky") Fromme, a former Manson family member, and Sara Jane Moore both tried to kill President Ford in 1975. The home of San Francisco Supervisor Dianne Feinstein, now acting mayor, was the target of a bomb in 1976. District Attorney Joseph Freitas' car was bombed the following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: But Where Is What I Started For? | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...African safari almost every year; he considers Kenya the most beautiful place in the world. At Revlon, he has fixed up a sanctuary next to the lavish chairman's office: an African room decorated with an antelope-skin rug and a huge mural of Kenyan plains showing giraffe, zebra, water buffalo and other animals and that he can gaze at to rest his eyes from reading Revlon budgets. Though his company must stay attuned to the disco scene, Outdoorsman Bergerac has no taste for it himself. "You will never see me in Studio 54," he vows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: Kiss and Sell | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...margin would have been greater but for a bogus technical foul charged to Sims on a fast-break slam dunk. The muchmaligned zebra claimed that Sims had hung on the rim, thus nullifying his hoop and awarding Bentley a free throw at the other end, a three point transition...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: J. V. Hoopsters Whip Bentley; Overcome Miscues, Comeback | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

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