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Word: bowings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cost of a Risk-Free Society" will be the topic of a discussion by Fred Singer, a University of Virginia professor, at 4:15 p.m. at 9 Bow Street...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: A Young and An Old | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

...compared with 151 in 1976. Some of the speeches, too, were steelier. The mighty bash-televised live throughout the Soviet Union-opened with a blunt address by Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov. Standing in subfreezing weather, with his Politburo colleagues, atop Lenin's mausoleum, Ustinov, 69, made the obligatory bow to "the struggle for peace, détente and disarmament," then launched into vigorous affirmation of Moscow's determination "to further strengthen our armed capabilities" so that no potential foe "will risk violating our peaceful lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: The Politburo Loves a Parade | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

Cambridge fireman last night quickly brought under control a blaze in an Adams House dormitory room that sent more than 100 House residents scurrying out onto Bow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quickly-Doused Fire in Adams Damages Property, Not People | 11/10/1977 | See Source »

...half, the flaws are those of excess rather than design. Sometimes Spielberg does not know when to stop. A sequence set in India seems to exist only for the sake of one spectacular shot; a confused subplot about an Army cover-up of UFO research looks like a hasty bow to Watergate-era current events; an attenuated mountainside chase has little purpose beyond allowing Spielberg to pay homage to the famous crop-duster and Mount Rushmore sequences of North by Northwest. If any of these elements were removed from the film, they would not be missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Aliens Are Coming! | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

...pushers, trace pinball's origins to the bagatelle board mentioned in Dickens' Pickwick Papers. Abe Lincoln was big on bagatelle. The sheiks of Araby are clamoring for the new machines, doubtless to keep their kids out of the casinos; King Hussein of Jordan ordered three Ballys: Wizard, Bow and Arrow, and Ro Go. Pinmania has been exploding throughout Europe, notably in France, Italy and Germany, where the game is ecumenically called Flipper. The passion has even pushed through the jungles of Malaysia, where the machine is battery-powered in unelectrified villages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Pinball Redux: The Hottest Games | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

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