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Word: billye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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THE local newspaper, the Smith County Reformer, proclaimed it "the highlight of the year"-the opportunity to see old friends, run coonhounds, engage in a little politicking and, most of all, relish the earthy spectacle of competitive expectoration. The crowd comes early down the red clay road to Billy John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: The 16th Annual Tobacco Spit-Off | 8/17/1970 | See Source »

While politicians, who know a good stump when they see one, exhort the all-white crowd and country bands pick and sing, the spitters gather around tobacco manufacturers' displays on Billy John's log-cabin porch to discuss their craft. Don Snyder, 22, the Mississippi State University student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: The 16th Annual Tobacco Spit-Off | 8/17/1970 | See Source »

Sadly, the new world of Russ Meyer is facile in the same way Billy Graham's world is facile. When Graham spoke to the Honor America Day crowd they cheered not for the old lies about America but Graham's unabashed earnestness. Similarly Meyer's new film reveals his obstinate...

Author: By Robert Crosby, | Title: Russ Meyer: Mr. Tits' n' Ass Forsaking Pornography for Obscener Pastures | 8/14/1970 | See Source »

Salomon Bros.' individual traders, like Perry, have been known to commit as much as $150 million on a single Government bond deal, and it takes a certain kind of stomach and nervous system to withstand the pressure. According to Billy Salomon, the best traders are intuitive oddsmakers and could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street: The Success of Salomon | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

Wayne's new movie, Chisum, casts him in the still uncomfortable role of paterfamilias, an aging, worldly-wise ranch owner who spends a good bit of time looking down from a mountain surveying his nearby spread. It is sometimes difficult from that vantage to determine what he has more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Prairie Free-for-AII | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

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