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Word: standings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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High atop the House of Kirkland, surrounded by all the comforts of a modern-day baronet (water bed, stand up bar, powerful stereo) lives the man who will carry the lance in Saturday's joust against Yale. Even if the foe unseats him, his name will still resound like that of a king: Judson Burke St. John...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Marquis of the Multiflex | 11/15/1979 | See Source »

Soon cars gather around the trailer giving it some clubishness. I imagine its members as reckless romantics, with hearts that pump them out of planes, with a love for life so great that they're dying to risk it. But they slowly roll out of their cars, struggle to stand erect and stretch and scratch their heads, stomachs or buttocks. They yawn and speak of last night, of all that beer. A paunchy man, dressed in blue jeans and a dirty white sweat shirt ambles towards us. "You here to jump?" A moment of silence. "Well my, my name...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Stepping Out Over Taunton | 11/14/1979 | See Source »

Like Crane, Leonard Russell, who has run for council seven times (twice successfully) had just enough friends. It isn't his moderate stand on the issues that wins Russell most of his support. Instead, voters chose him because he's friendly, well-kown, and has lots of connections when it comes to finding city jobs for his backers...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Counting Change in Cambridge | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

WASHINGTON--President Carter yesterday announced a halt to U.S. oil imports from Iran, declaring that this action would "eliminate any suggestion that economic pressures can weaken our stand on basic issues of principle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Halts Imports of Oil From Iran | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

...Blues, musicals that boosted Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross to fast movie stardom by casting them as legendary singers of the past. Still, there is a basic flaw in The Rose's design that makes the film hard to take seriously. While Streisand and Ross were reasonably plausible stand-ins for Fanny Brice and Billie Holiday, Midler is not credible as a bluesy rock belter. Her strident Broadway voice and campy mannerisms have more in common with Sophie Tucker, Judy Garland or even Brice than they do with a heroine who dresses, talks and self-destructs in the style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Flashy Trash | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

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