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Word: bulled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cozy Homesteads. Tweaking John Bull's nose proved costly. Through the 1930s, the British government raised tariff barriers. To counter Britain's economic warfare, De Valera promoted self-sufficiency. "Ireland her own," he intoned, "Ireland her own without suit or service, rent or render, faith or fealty to any power under heaven." In 1937, the Free State declared itself a wholly independent country called Eire, thus severing the last of the links to England, and Dev became Taoiseach (pronounced tee-shock) or Prime Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRISH REPUBLIC: The Taoiseach Is Home | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

Among lesbians, a butch, dyke or bull dyke is a mannish woman who seeks a femme-a passive, dependent partner. With the rise of feminist consciousness, the butch-femme pairing seems to be fading, though the terms are still in use. Butch women are sometimes called brothers; effeminate male homosexuals call each other sister. An auntie is a derogatory term for an older male homosexual. Abigail is a nickname for a stuffy middle-aged gay. A front marriage is a legal marriage of convenience. Fag and faggot are acceptable terms among gays if no straights are present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Crossing Signals | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

...Bull session in stairwell--use this time to impress other freshmen with your phenomenal high school feats...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Shuckin' and Jivin' | 9/1/1975 | See Source »

...Bull session ends...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Shuckin' and Jivin' | 9/1/1975 | See Source »

...armada steamed into Pittsburgh last week and won two of three games from the first-place Pirates. The Bull and the Phils have finally arrived, says Relief Pitcher Tug McGraw. Resurrecting a battle cry he sounded when the Mets charged to the 1973 pennant, he tells skeptics, "You gotta believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bull Rampant | 8/11/1975 | See Source »

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