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Word: cinderella (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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This time around there shouldn't be many surprises however, as the senior-studded varsity boat is keying very hard on going out a winner. In fact, save seven man Todd Howard who was a victim of Princeton's cinderella year in 1973, none of the varsity members has every lost a race at the Sprints...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Lightweights Hope to Feast at Sprints | 5/14/1976 | See Source »

...other action yesterday, Dianne Fromholtz, opening-round ouster of top-seeded Chris Evert, continued in her role as the Cinderella entry of the tournament when she outslugged Greer Stevens in straight sets...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty and James W. Reinig, S | Title: Goolagong Punches to Easy Va. Slims Win; Fromholtz Sweeps to Victory Over Stevens | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

...Cinderella Industry. Instead of leading the wobbly W.F.L. to prosperity, though, Larry Csonka had watched the starveling league die midway through its second season. Along with more than 350 other players, he had become a victim of the '70s retrenchment in sport. After a roaring decade of unprecedented growth, professional sport in some ways looks like a Cinderella industry heading toward midnight. Of the 23 teams in the American Basketball Association and World Hockey Association, only one is in the black. "There's no question about it," says Attorney Bob Woolf, who has negotiated hundreds of contracts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Csonked-Out | 11/10/1975 | See Source »

...Harvard soccer team has been hurting of late. The footmen have dropped four of their last five outings, and the hopes of a repeat Cinderella season have pretty well gone by the board...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Crimson Footmen to Tackle Quakers Tonight; In Crucial Ivy Encounter at Franklin Field | 10/31/1975 | See Source »

...Dartmouth comes to hit," said Harvard's no-longer-Cinderella quarterback, Jim Kubacki, Friday. "We're going to hit. I'm expecting a very brutal game...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley and Amy Sacks, S | Title: Harvard Meets Big Green in Crucial Ivy Contest | 10/25/1975 | See Source »

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