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Word: american (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...evil in Arlie lies deep in most people. Some sociologists would blame environment, others individual psychology for turning a kid into a killer. But Americans have not yet decided what to do with the criminal. Getting Out explores not only evil but the failures of the American system to prepare an inmate for a life beyond bars. Tautly written and brilliantly acted, Getting Out vividly breaks free of the insidious revived camp that plagues much of New York theater this year...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: At Loose Ends? Get Out | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

...letter, written by Stephen B. Young, assistant dean of the Law School, commends Carter's decision to send aid to the Cambodians as a "a timely assertion of American leadership...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter Asks Aid to Cambodia | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

Though he said he is "an American patriot and damned ashamed of it," Wald said he approved of the Iranian students' seizure of the embassy because only direct action could have ended American intervention in Iran...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Iran Crisis Involves Alumnus, Students, Professors | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

...this day, at least, the All-American unit prevailed, thanks to Cougar Pat Malloy's hat trick--the last third of which came with 3:41 remaining to kill a ferocious, swarming Clemson rally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia's Hot Soccer Team Freezes in NCAA Tournament | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Despite the absence of All-American distance runner John Murphy and long jumper Gus Udo, the Crimson track team transformed Saturday's expected squeaker against Boston College into a rout, flying past the grounded Eagles 81 1/3-54...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Tracksters Outrun Eagles; Dixon Records Two Wins | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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