Search Details

Word: foul (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...game's reputation and lead fans to believe the sport is being fixed. In fact, an estimated $15 billion to $30 billion in illegal bets are already being wagered on sports nationally?$1.5 billion in New York City alone, much of it on football?without stirring grave suspicions of foul play. Top officials of organized basketball, baseball and hockey also vociferously oppose legalized betting on their sports though this nonetheless seems likely to follow across the nation. The more deeply held moral objection to sports betting stems from the fear that the states may get into wagering on college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: GAMBLING GOES LEGIT | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

Hill's staccatto shooting from the perimeter accounted for six field goals while he dropped six from the foul stripe. Rodgers snared five rebounds and Honick paced the offense with six assists. Sophomore Rich Bengal added 6 points coming off the bench as the backcourt combined for 32 points...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Humble Chiefs 73-58; Freshmen Succumb | 12/2/1976 | See Source »

Since then, the department has disclosed the reports of over 60 companies. Fearful of the impact on Jewish customers and other supporters of Israel, many businessmen whose firms were named have cried foul; they contend they did no more than fill out routine questionnaires from Arab buyers. Generally, these questionnaires ask a company to certify that goods being exported to Arab countries were not made in Israel or shipped on blacklisted vessels. The Commerce Department itself noted that most of the firms involved "have in no way altered their business practices to gain Arab trade." Indeed, a company could truthfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: The Spreading Boycott Brouhaha | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

Aerial Ambition. Belenko is proving to be almost as interesting as his plane. Foul-mouthed and boastful, the flamboyant fighter pilot has lamented that he never achieved his greatest aerial ambition-to shoot down an SR-71 Blackbird, the high-flying supersonic American spy plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTELLIGENCE: Big-Mouth Belenko | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

Right, or at least so it seemed when a Cornell punt and a Crimson personal foul penalty gave Harvard possession on its own three. On first down, the Crimson was again penalized, this time for an illegal shift. Kubacki tried again and this time, Harvard was penalized to the tune of a two-point conversion, with 1:23 remaining in the period...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: BIG RED STUNS HARVARD, 9-3 | 10/9/1976 | See Source »

First | Previous | 571 | 572 | 573 | 574 | 575 | 576 | 577 | 578 | 579 | 580 | 581 | 582 | 583 | 584 | 585 | 586 | 587 | 588 | 589 | 590 | 591 | Next | Last