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Word: finishing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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After last season's disastrous 1-8 finish, the women's varsity swim team admittedly has no place to go but up. And according to all indications, its record should improve dramatically...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Swimmers Face New Season | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

...Iranian Oil Co. The refinery has been a high-priority item for the Iranian government, which fears shortages of kerosene and diesel fuel during the winter. Last week, when the refinery was a month away from partial operation, Fluor called home its 52 remaining American employees, leaving Thyssen to finish the job. The few U.S. businessmen who remain in Iran represent a couple of banks and a computer company, and they are lying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Not Much Left to Seize | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...first Crimson jersey across the finish line belonged to John Murphy, who won the Heptagonal individual crown on this course two weeks ago with a time of 31:13. Murphy placed 132nd in the field of about 250, posting with a time...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Harriers Take 25th in NCAAs | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

...challenges await: a mid-February dual meet with perennial national power Indiana; the defense of Harvard's Eastern League and Eastern Seaboard Championship titles; and an opportunity, in the friendly atmosphere of Blodgett Pool, to improve upon last season's 13th place NCAA finish...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Swimmers Ready for Season's Challenges | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

...mammoth freshwater lake that then covered Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. But these lake-bed accumulations were never subjected to temperatures as high as 300° F and to extreme pressures that in time created underground deposits of readily usable liquid oil and natural gas. Now man must finish nature's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Tapping the Riches of Shale | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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