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Word: bigs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presidential contender--Sen. Howard H. Baker, Jr. After twelve years on the Senate sidelines, watching party colleagues like Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford carry the ball and fumble, and three vice-presidential nominations, the 54-year-old Senate minority leader now thinks it's time to try for the big...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Mr. Statesman | 11/1/1979 | See Source »

...room on the sixth floor at 70 Federal Street in the heart of Boston's financial district where a dozen investment specialists gather at 10:45 every morning. It looks just like those corporate board-rooms you've seen in countless movies, except the rectangular table isn't as big as you remember, the chairs aren't as tall...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Guardians of the Nest Egg | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

...big change, from last year, is her relaxed attitude. "I've really calmed down out there," Field says. "I have a tendency to lose my temper, but I've realized I'm never going to get anywhere throwing my stick around...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Academics or Athletics: A Question of Priorities | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

According to the story, a big-snot lawyer who had just wrested a favorable decision from the judge was once asked why his case had been a success. Tired from a long day in court, he curtly replied, "One doesn't have to explain why one wins...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: No Need to Explain Why You're Winning | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

...Big Board volume was lower than usuual--22 million shares--but Storer called that a coincidence. "The stocks they were talking about didn't seem to do anything dramatic. I checked a few of them, and General Electric, for example, was unchanged," Storer said...

Author: By William E. Mckibben and James L. Tyson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Police Arrest 1002 Anti-Nuke Protesters At Wall St. Rally | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

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