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Word: acree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The original noise complaint was challenged Saturday when the closest resident to the 12-acre site testified that she had been at home but had not heard any noise on the night in question.

Author: By Talli S. Nauman, | Title: Indians Face Noise Charges In Continuing Cape Cod Trial | 3/31/1977 | See Source »

"Prez," as Jones is affectionately known by staff and students alike, is jovial and easygoing-given, as he says, to "talking up a breeze." A storyteller in the Southern tradition, he splashes his tales with emphatic "Oh, Lord's" and resounding laughs. As he drives around his 380-acre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Prez' Talks Up a Breeze | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

The New England town meeting is an institution that has always intrigued foreigners-which, in Yankee country, still means anyone from anywhere else. Next week Jimmy Carter, launching a series of meet-the-people forays into various parts of the country, plans to attend the annual meeting in Clinton, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: New England: Rites of March | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

What makes the situation all the more frustrating is that relief is tantalizingly close. Some 300 to 600 feet below the surface lies a geological formation known as the Stony Creek alluvial fan that has 13 million acre-feet of water. The town is seeking a federal grant of $5...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Tiny Town Near Collapse | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

The true dimension of Orland's plight becomes apparent in a walk through the fields with burly, gray-haired Robert McCombs. His quarter-mile-long slough for storage is empty. So is his well. His oats are stunted like a day's growth of beard on the dry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Tiny Town Near Collapse | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

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