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Word: brooms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...property owner's permission. Offenders would be subject to fines of up to $500, six months in jail, or both. Shaker Heights now has the problem of enforcement; no arrests have yet been made, but some dog-owners are now following their pets around with scoop and broom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Week's Watch | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

...supervise the 2,250 prisoners. Moving swiftly, the convicts rushed through three of the quadrangular cell blocks (see cut) and set fires in six buildings. The chapel, prison school and machine shop were completely gutted. Quickly producing knives, pipes, baseball bats and makeshift spears fashioned from scissor blades and broom handles, the inmates captured guards and civilian employees for hostages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: War at Attica: Was There No Other Way? | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

...some of the carryings-on at the ballparks these days. Just 16 years ago, the Cleveland Indians were mocked for shuttling relief pitchers around in a Jeep. Today the Baltimore club not only has a golf cart in the shape of a huge Oriole cap but a pretty, broom-wielding girl to dust off the infielders' spikes. While Cleveland President Veeck was once considered crass for handing out free nylons to lady customers, there is now a Cash Scramble Day in Philadelphia featuring a group of fans battling for bills scattered across the field. "Action! Action! Action! With a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Bolt of Blue Lightning | 8/23/1971 | See Source »

...sips a Coke and brightens somewhat. "I pioneered in nudism, you know" he shouts over the music. "We were the first nudist place to serve beer, and we were first with nude dancing. This place has attracted your professional people, right down to the honorable janitor who pushes the broom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Decline of Nudism | 7/19/1971 | See Source »

...debut he met Barry MacKay on a canvas court that had been spread across the undulating wood planking covering the Boston Garden ice-hockey rink. "Trying to return Barry's big serve on that bumpy court," recalls Laver, "was like trying to swat jackrabbits with a broom. 'Jesus,' I thought, 'so this is the pro tennis tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Respectable Rocket | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

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