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Word: catching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fortunately, it wasn't broken, but it was really swollen and had to be heavily taped. I didn't catch in the last game of the season. Coach wanted to rest my thumb so it would heal for the playoffs...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Little League Moments and Fears | 10/24/1989 | See Source »

Even the racers seem to appreciate the smooth aestheticism of surface. The finest crews exude not exertion but fluidity. All move as one. Sculls catch the water as one. Pull through. Slide. Back. Again. Again. And then gone, under the next bridge...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: The Head of the Charles | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard Business School's boat drifted by, its coxswain trying to scream more horsepower out of his exhausted future pinstripers in a futile attempt to catch Brown's varsity team. The Columbian crew-meisters on the bank gasped at the B-School team's audacity for having dollar signs on their scull blades and on the backs of their jerseys...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: The Head of the Charles | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

Across the river, the Business School has unveiled a new, $18 million gymnasium, John S.R. Shad Hall. As the front page of The Crimson (October 16) tersely stated, there is only one catch: "No undergraduates allowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The B-School Gym | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

...Herschel Walker really that good? For all those players and all those draft picks the Minnesota Vikings gave up, Walker better run like O.J., catch like Largent, throw like Unitas, block like Upshaw and tackle like Butkus...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: The Quake and the World Series: Baseball Takes Back Seat to Safety | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

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