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Word: broking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mood of the civil rights rebellion of the 1960s was evoked as the crystalline voice of Folk Singer Joan Baez led the assembled marchers in the familiar songs: Kumbaya, Amazing Grace and Oh, Freedom. More candles were lit, more wreaths dropped on the steps, and an undercurrent of bitterness broke through the sadness. "Are you happy, Anita?" asked one crudely lettered sign in cruel reference to homosexuality's hated foe, Anita Bryant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Another Day of Death | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...called for an indefinite general strike. Khomeini, who has vowed to oust the Shah, also urged Iran's oil workers to repeat last month's two-week strike that cost the country more than $1 billion in crude-oil revenues. As the holiday began, residents of Tehran broke the curfew and crowded into the streets to see if the new moon had appeared, signaling the start of Muharram. Government troops opened fire on the chanting crowd with automatic weapons. Official sources said that nine persons had been killed and 35 wounded, but diplomats, making independent checks, pegged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Entering a Dangerous Hour | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

Harvard's women's basketball team broke out of its early-season slump with a vengeance yesterday by pounding Cornell, 70-33, and advancing to the finals against Ithaca in the Cornell Tournament in Ithaca...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Women Hoopsters Top Cornell, Face Ithaca in Tourney Final | 12/9/1978 | See Source »

...numberous times before in his career at Harvard, he nipped the potential comeback, twirling into the lane to sink a seemingly impossible layup and then tossing a 20-footer through the basket on the Crimson's next possession. Once again, the cagers had breathing room and when the teams broke for the intermission Harvard...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Cagers Shear Rams, 87-82, in IAB Debut | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...people gather to celebate the birthday of a two thousand year gone heretical Jew, we can easily salve any conscience recoiling from yet another helping of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. After all, at least we're avoiding that spirit of Christmas' past that would demand the consumption of "broke broune, longe flouteurs and payne puff" as but one tenth of our Christmas cheer...

Author: By Tom M. Levenson, | Title: If You Think Your Mama Can Cook | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

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