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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...come to the U.S. because of outstanding charges against him. So the three Canadians were flown to Vermont and led in manacles through the front door of the library-in the U.S.-while the witness came in through the fire escape on the Canadian side. The hearing took place back and forth across the thick black line marking the location of the border across the floor of the library...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Partly in Vermont: A Borderline Case | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...over the windshield, a nervous Secret Service agent reaching up to grab his arm and keep him from falling. Through it all, Carter grinned delightedly. From his perilous perch, he reached out to the people. At least from his viewpoint, Carter's post-Camp David drive to get back in touch with grass-roots America was off to a successful start. This week he is making a similar foray into Baltimore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: In Bourbon and Coal Country | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...state Democratic chairman, Chester Atkins, also refused to back the bill. At the same time, Democratic Senator Paul Tsongas said he may run in the primary as part of a "hold-the-delegates-for-Kennedy operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Tandem Trouble | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...high. Fortified, he staggers through the Pro Football Day--wild parties, reckless hunting, chasing women. Does the pleasure make up for the pain? This is North Dallas Forty's existensial question. Phil Elliot, Nolte's latest in a series of Rugged Individual roles, takes abuse and passes it back--a though guy who won't play the game, and don't mean football...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Of Balls and Men | 8/10/1979 | See Source »

...Long Wharf, next to the Aquarium and right on the Blue. Line. You can get a friend with a boat. You can swim, if you're not adverse to a little oil. Or you can just look out the window of your 727 as you start the return flight back to the coast...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Piracy, Prisoners and Lepers of Old | 8/10/1979 | See Source »

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