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Word: catching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's freshman football team allowed unbeaten Princeton to take a. 17-0 halftime lead, then made a futile effort to play catch-up in the second half, as the Tigers sent the Crimson down to its third consecutive defeat, 23-12, at Soldiers' Field Saturday morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frehman Gridders Lose to Princeton; Late Rally Falls Short in 23-12 Defeat | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

...about. The citizens of lotusland seem forever to be lolling around swimming pools, sautéing in the sun, packing across the Sierra, frolicking nude on the beaches, getting taller each year, plucking money off the trees, romping around topless, tramping through the redwoods and-when they stop to catch their breath-preening themselves on-camera before the rest of an envious world. "I have seen the future," says the newly returned visitor from California, "and it plays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: CALIFORNIA: A State of Excitement | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

...campaign-and not, as his detractors charge, malapropisms. When Mrs. Fiorello LaGuardia endorsed Lindsay, Mario came up with the observation that "There is no real conflict here: Mayor LaGuardia chose me as a public servant, he chose Marie as his wife." Procaccino also coined the only durable catch-phrase of the campaign, describing the Lindsay set as "limousine liberals...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: John Lindsay at the Crossroads | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

Heyburn began to fall back, but Pottetti. who had started cautiously, began to catch several runners exhausted by the fast pace. It was the first time that the opening loop has ever been run in less than seven minutes...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Harriers Win Big Three Title At Yale As Colburn Earns New Course Record | 11/1/1969 | See Source »

...about the same time. Pottetti. who has had a disappointing season. passed Stafford. The Princeton harrier tried to catch him with a half mile left, but Pottetti fought off the challenge, and with a strong finishing kick closed the fifty-yard gap between himself and Koerner to miss second place by a stride...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Harriers Win Big Three Title At Yale As Colburn Earns New Course Record | 11/1/1969 | See Source »

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