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Word: stalling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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After an effective stall in which UMass controlled the ball for more than three minutes. Stevens spread some icing at 3:45 with an unassisted goal. The win gave UMass its second victory in as many games...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Sluggish Laxwomen Beaten by UMass; 5-3 Loss Leaves Crimson Mark at 5-3 | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

...several years, but eventually decide to move away. You don't need a Ph.D in business or public administration, then, to come up with the most efficient policy for the money hungry landlord. Some basic basketball strategy will suffice: spread out your offensive resources into four corners, and stall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Playing Cat and Mouse | 4/16/1982 | See Source »

...know anyone who knows what it is yet that we want to negotiate about." March 1982 has come and gone, and the brilliant light has yet to strike. Indeed, the Administration's new name for the SALT process-START (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks)-might better be STALL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: START Turns to STALL | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

Construction of MATEP eventually had to halt, with only the contested engines needing installation. But the defeats and delays meant more than unanticipated embarrassment for Harvard; the successful stall tactics of the residents of Brookline. Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain also made the plant's final pricetag balloon by some $1.5 million per month. It now stands at $230 million, several times original projections...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Making Energy and Enemies | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

That beautiful machine stalled right after I pulled out of the driveway. Flustered, I started it up and drove on slowly, hoping it wouldn't stall again. Suddenly, across my path I saw a car making a left turn and remembered in a flash that while there are lines of traffic in New England stopped at red lights, the Texans are more efficient, using four-way stop signs, one of which I hadn't noticed because I was worrying about the motor stalling My right foot braked; there was a crunch of metal against metal and a thud when...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Car Wrecking Texas-Style | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

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