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Word: better (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...votes had been tabulated in Wards 1, 2 and 3, which includes some of the city's more conservative areas. In Ward 6, precinct 3, which includes voters in the River House and the Yard, the vote was better than 3-1 for an end to city deposits in banks lending money to South Africa...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: CCA Dominates School Board; S. Africa Referendum Passes | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

Michael Pontrelli '81 added, "There is a better way to say to the Student Assembly that we affirm their existence than by voting within the House committee not to hold any elections...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Lowell House Committee Votes Not to Hold Assembly Election | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

...this song is any indication of the Eagles' ability to cut it in the world of New Wave, they'd better drop the course...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Where Eagles Dare | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

...received a two-year suspended sentence and a lecture from the judge about telling the truth. He felt it was his job to keep the secrets, and that he did - pointing up the moral of this fair and searching book: America's intelligence can be no better than the Presidents it serves. -Edwin Warner

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: High-Wire Act | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...muscles and a tight, well-toned look. Women across the country who have been drawn to the rigorous sport claim that they feel stronger and more confident. Stacey Bentley, 23, a body-building champion who moved from Philadelphia to train at Gold's, says she has become a better athlete. "I hadn't skied for a while," said the 5 ft. 2 in. competitor, "but when I did last winter, it felt like I had shock absorbers in my legs. It was wonderful." Others lift weights simply because they want to look better. Says Pete Grymkowski, owner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Pumping Iron, Chapter II | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

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