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Word: terrapins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Under normal conditions, the contest should have been, well, no contest for the Crimson. Two of Maryland's top players from last season graduated, and the third dropped out, leaving the usually-powerful Terrapin team a little ragged at the edges. But the bone-chilling, swirling gusts eliminated any advantage the visitors may have...

Author: By John Donley, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Racquetmen Edge Terps, 5-4, Despite 40-Plus MPH Gusts | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

...Delmonico's in New York are not only legendary but hard to believe. Is it possible that one man could have eaten at one sitting the following: two to three dozen giant oysters, half a dozen crabs, two bowls of green turtle soup, six lobsters, two portions of terrapin, two ducks, one sirloin steak plus vegetables, and a tray of French pastry (size unknown)? It is difficult to know if this was breakfast, lunch or supper, for Brady reputedly ate six times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spoiling the Broth | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...list of the world's great foods would have to include such Southern elegances as she-crab soup, terrapin stew, jambalaya, black-bottom pie, gumbo or pompano en papillote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH - MODERN LIVING: A Home-Grown Elegance | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...been collecting rust on the East and West coasts for too damn long. The Atlantic Coast Conference fluked its way to national attention last March behind the improbable coaching of Norm Sloane and the big-city talents in-his North Carolina State roster. The Wolfpack, with their Tarheel and Terrapin brethren from Chapel Hill and College Park, returned to more plausible post-season performances this go round; they all lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: View From the Attic | 3/28/1975 | See Source »

Driesell figures that his job will not be done until Maryland is No. 1. How long will that take? Ole Lefty isn't saying, but, like the cars of hundreds of Terrapin fans these days, his complimentary Lincoln Continental bears a boastful bumper sticker: U.C.L.A.: THE MARYLAND OF THE WEST...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hardwood Huckster | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

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