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Word: aw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dressler said this phenomenon is similar to being able to read a string of letters such as "I saw a cat" divided differently into "Is aw ac at." In this example, as in most sentences and genetic sequences, the alternative reading is nonsense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Researchers Acclaim New British Genetic Discovery | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

...stones," one of which had a battery-powered light for use when the dim-lit bedroom was too dark. Except for rare occasions, he spurned his collection of hearing devices. "He could understand if you stood face to face and talked loudly," Stewart says. "But often he would say, 'Aw shit, write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Scenes from the Hidden Years | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...wealthy man (estimated worth: $3.1 million) and president of the Atlanta-based National Bank of Georgia, the state's fifth largest, Lance is fond of assuming the guise of an "aw-shucks" country banker. But, says one of Carter's top aides, "Bert is smart, he's tough, he's a good manager and he understands politics-and those are the things Jimmy wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: An 'Aw-Shucks' Banker for Jimmy | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

...shows. But no one really cares. As a producer told an editor when refusing permission for overtime retakes, "Aw, what the hell, it's only television." The main thing is that on some primitive level the show is working. Fans mob the girls when they go into the streets for location work. The mail runs to 18,000 pieces a week-even more after something as raunchy as the prison show. The fact is that, for the moment anyway, ABC has stumbled onto something big. Charlie's Angels might be called family-style porn, a mild erotic fantasy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Super Women | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

...Boston ever had a quarterback quite like the Kansan. Against the Steelers, he refused to be intimidated by Dwight White, 50 Ibs. heavier, who mocked him after a play lost yardage. A cool Grogan stuck a warning fist into White's back. "Aw, I wouldn't hit anyone," says Grogan. "They're bigger than I am. But I am a little faster, though." A little faster has made a big difference in Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Just Doing What I Know Best' | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

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