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Word: took (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard mobilized its "And the Children shall lead them" offense at 13:09. Freshman Greg Olsen made Constantine look foolish for the first and last time when he took a Mike Watson pass alone at the blue line and waited for the goalie to go down before flicking a pretty shot in between his pads...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Engineers Hand Icemen First Setback | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

When the authorities came, the spell started to crumble. Utah highway patrolmen took over, moving people and their cars, organizing the transfer of the wounded to the county hospital. My doctor friend and I climbed back into the car. Within 20 miles the road was mine again, and once again I could use both lanes to swing around the curves...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: The Land Presses In | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...intrepid entrepreneur, Joe Conforte, who runs the Mustang Ranch, a legalized bordello outside Reno, took advantage of the uproar to post a sign at his gates saying: "No more Iranian students will be permitted on these premises until the hostages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: The Test of Wills | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...Thursday, when Banisadr first said the Iranians might release some hostages, the student leaders actually occupying the embassy property quickly asserted that they took orders only from the Ayatullah Khomeini, and that nobody was going to be released until the U.S. had sent the Shah back to Iran. Admitted one White House official: "We don't know with any certainty who these students are or who's in charge. That doubles the trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: The Test of Wills | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Only Clark's Betty Grazulis prevented a Harvard sweep, as she took both the 100-and 200-meter backstrokes. But with just eight swimmers and two divers facing Harvard's 22 swimmers and two divers, the Worcester women could not keep...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Swimmers Sink Clark, 103-27 | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

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