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Word: almost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...passes started connecting, the shots started burning, and the Bulldogs almost started to whimper. Freshman forward Rosemary Mahoney sent the puck whizzing past Mendoza, and with only 11 seconds left in the game co-captain Lauren Norton demonstrated some precision stickhandling, notching another Crimson tally...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Icewomen Drop Third-Act Shootout to Elis, 5-3 | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...production begins wth Dionysus (Kosta Demos) standing on a pedestal in an awkward statuesque pose for what seems an interminable length of time. You think hard--you don't remember any Dionysus in this play. Your memory is better than you thought; director Alfredo Estrada has almost completely rewritten this play, adding and deleting characters at will...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Pity Aristophanes | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...comes off well is Ward's Granny, who, with her growls and broomsticks, chases after the nerd. Since there is no such character in the original play, she is more free than most of the other characters to give her role an unconstrained interpretation. Her facial expressions are themselves almost worth the price of admission...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Pity Aristophanes | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...once made toys for liberals, has gotten into the act. "Star Rider" has "all the controls and special effects necessary for trips to distant galaxies." When it turns out that all that seperates you and distant galaxies is three different kinds of sirens on a plastic dashboard, you feel almost cowardly not to plunk down...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Suckerman and His Friends | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...Lemons, his team's second win in this two-game-old season was hardly pleasing. He was almost bitter in his harsh final appraisal of the contest. "We're not very good, and they're not very good," he griped...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Suhprize, Suhprize, Suhprize | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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