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Word: put (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...put Princeton, the favorite in the Ivy League race this year, in an early first-place tie with Dartmouth...

Author: By Liz Resnick, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Princeton Cruises Past Penn Behind Jackson | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

Harvard continued to put pressure on the puck and play strong defense, squandering the Tigers' chances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Hockey Splits Two Games | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

...graduate of N.Y.U.'s business school than 5 ft. 6 and a Harvard Business School graduate. These extra 4 in. in height make much more difference in terms of success in a business career than any paper qualifications you have." Gertner refused to put the author's son on HGH therapy, but some physicians may be more receptive to parental demands. Says Dr. Douglas Frasier, president of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society: "There's a lot of heightism in our society. And there's a sense that if you're not tall enough, somebody ought to be helping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: A Chance to Be Taller | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

...uncanny grace with which Montana has led his team to half a dozen come-from-behind victories this season. Against Philadelphia on Sept. 24, for example, he threw four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to turn a 21-10 half-time deficit into a 38-28 win. He put in an even more dramatic performance against Los Angeles on Dec. 11. With the 49ers trailing the Rams 27-10 and only a shade over ten minutes left to play, Montana first threw a touchdown pass to Mike Wilson, then dumped a slant pass to wide receiver John Taylor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Clearly, The Team of the Decade | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

Both became drunk with vanity. Ceausescu styled himself the "Genius of the Carpathians," put his face on posters all over Rumania and had 30 volumes of his speeches published. One of Noriega's last political acts was to have himself named Maximum Leader. Both pursued quirky impulses. Ceausescu made his wife Elena his deputy, and she not only draped herself in furs and jewelry but also used the police to spy on her grown daughter's love life. According to U.S. Army investigators, Noriega practiced Santeria, a mystic religion, and wore red underwear to fend off the evil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Tyrants Fall | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

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