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Word: bigs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obit desk. Not at all. "I take every letter personally," sighs Manhattan's Fidler. "I can't go to lunch, I can't go home, I can't sleep until I've solved it." Nashville's Appleton has a fat file marked BIG K (for kooks) groaning with the barely legible, highly paranoid ramblings of the city's loneliest losers; he answers their missives with phone calls in hopes that they can better explain themselves viva voce. Says he: "I'm always afraid that somewhere in there a guy has a real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Miss Lonelyhearts Many Times Over | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

Ford said long before he left the White House that Carter's big problem was that he had not been in the big leagues. "I would repeat that, and I would add that it has been compounded by a staff that doesn't measure up. There is some evidence that their on-the-job training has been helpful, but they have a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: In Jerry's Crystal Ball | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

FAVORITE DRINK: Big Red Cowpuncher (6 ozs. Genesee beer, half-cup of fresh cream, jigger-full of tobacco juice, and a packet of unsweetened cherry Kool-Aid, with a twist...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: JACK'S PROFILES | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

CORNELL at HARVARD--Before this year, the Big Red had won just four of its last 30 games. In three games this year, Bob Blackman's squad has already won half that many. The total should stay the same today. Besides Harvard center, Dave Scheper, said he's beat me up if I picked Cornell. Harvard 16, Cornell...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: JACK'S PROFILES | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

YALE at DARTMOUTH--Big Green, big spleen. Yale has the best team in the Ivy League this year, and that's that. And besides, Yale end John Spagnola lives right near me at home and he said he'd beat me up at Thanksgiving if I picked Dartmouth. Yale 35, Dartmouth...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: JACK'S PROFILES | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

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