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Word: bombs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...BOMB THEM. Killllll THEM," they say. The student shouts at them in Italian as he mounts the curb. The drivers are disappointed. They throw a bottle at the student, who is dark and has something burning in his eyes...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Color of Their Brains | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...said he went to a lecture Chomsky was sponsoring for the Committee for Artistic and Intellectual Freedom in Iran. They had an Iranian poet to read his poetry--Reza Berahini... and a mob of Iranian students delayed the lecture for hours. There was a bomb threat. The Americans were scared. The Iranians said Berahini was a CIA agent. Yet he was an anti-Shah poet--he spent years in jail. So finally, Chomsky let one of the students speak at the podium, and the student waxes hot-faced and apologizes to the crowd for the disturbance. He says...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Color of Their Brains | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...Americans don't hear about independence until someone gets shot or a bomb goes off," Berrios said...

Author: By David R. Merner, | Title: Puerto Rican Leader Attacks United States Domination | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Some of the adventure toys are truly freaky. Woolworths has an aisle devoted to the Megabugs--Megaspider Gladiator, Scorpion Megabug and Dragonfly Megabug. They are "the combat machines of the future." They cost $8.29, but include "bug bomb, working winch and insect sound." You can manually operate the wings on Dragonfly Megabug...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Suckerman and His Friends | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...their oilfields or destroy them if we can." Frank McVey, a New York truck driver, would not even wait to see what happens to the hostages. Says he: "We might as well write off the hostages; they're going to be killed no matter what we do. We should bomb the hell out of that country so it will be a long time before anyone else tries the same thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angry Attacks on America | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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