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Word: bags (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bird of Happiness has nested in the '70s! Who wants this finely feathered fowl, anyway? Will it be cheaper for the traveler? No, ticket taxes will go up. More comfortable? No, four abreast instead of three. Will it be faster? Yes, if you don't have any bag gage. Who will benefit from it? Not the American traveler. The 747 [Jan. 19] is one pregnant bird that should have used the Pill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 9, 1970 | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

...dresser [Jan. 12]. She has chosen not to shill for the clothing industry, so sue her. I am a miniskirt wearer, but I shall uphold to the death of fashion Mrs. Nixon's right to wear a maxi or ignore the whole business, if that's her bag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 2, 1970 | 2/2/1970 | See Source »

Shortly before his election to France's august Academic Franchise, Eugene Ionesco, playwright of the bizarre, opened a grab-bag entertainment called Inedits Ionesco on the Left Bank. The collection of sketches and fragments was favorably received. Still, several seats were left unsold; indeed, they were not for sale. Ionesco insisted on sprinkling the audience with human-size dummies of dogs, cats and jackasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 2, 1970 | 2/2/1970 | See Source »

...Style. Don't storm on Foot! I'll supply a thundering Herd of wide-winged Pegesi upon which we can fly against the Citadel like an avenging Horde! And my way, at the least," he added for emphasis to the stunned Membership, "if we get no Cause in our Bag, we'll be left some Feathers in our Caps...

Author: By Algernon Mews, | Title: A Tale of Dissent | 1/23/1970 | See Source »

...Eighth Avenue express. The victim, wearing an Eisenhower jacket and old slacks, stood near a pole in the center of the coach. He carried a cane if he was playing an invalid; if feigning drunkenness, he smelled of liquor and carried a bottle tightly wrapped in a brown paper bag. After the train departed the station, the victim suddenly staggered, collapsed and lay on the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Subway Samaritan | 1/19/1970 | See Source »

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