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Word: blemishes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yale loss to Cornell ("too good to be true") has given Harvard a chance to share the title, providing it beats Penn this week and Yale the next. He will travel to Philadelphia this Saturday, confident, but with more trepidation than usual. The only blemish on his consecutive-game record came two years ago at Franklin Field when unseasonably hot weather gave him heart palpitations during pre-game warm-ups, and he sat out the contest...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: To Harvard From the City of Angels | 11/13/1980 | See Source »

Last year, an awesome Yale squad which eventually romped to the Ivy title--its only blemish Harvard's stunning 22-7 triumph--staved off a pesky Brown team at home, 13-21, in the season opener at New Haven. Saturday in Providence, the Bulldogs silenced the Bruins by the less ulcerous score...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Yale, Dartmouth Romp in Openers; Cornell Trudges Past Princeton, 17-7 | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

...would ask, "Are you having a wonderful time?" and before I could answer, she would say, "You are having a wonderful time, there's not a blemish on your face...

Author: By Susie Spring, | Title: Looking out for THEM | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

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