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Word: buts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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John Connally may not be able to lift his standings in the polls, but there is one thing he can raise: money. He has already gleaned approximately $8 million, far more than any G.O.P. rival and about $2.2 million more than Ronald Reagan, the Republican front runner. Last week Connally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Going It Alone | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

As a Republican trying to become the Governor of Louisiana, David Treen, 51, faced an electorate that was 95% Democratic. What was more, no Republican had been elected to the office since Reconstruction. But last week the four-term Congressman defeated liberal Democrat Louis Lambert, 690,691 to 681,134...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Going One Up | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The Star Ranch was a legal brothel, and Fran York, its madam for the past eight years, not only ran one of the best little whorehouses in Nye County but was a highly respected member of the community. She helped buy uniforms for the local high school band, she regularly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: All in a Good Night's Work | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

"We do it all for you," sings McDonald's cheery jingle every day on television and radio. But lately the company has discovered that it is doing more than it chooses for some people it would rather ignore: coke users. And not the ones who drink out of bottles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Stirring Up Trouble | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Came the energy crunch of 1974, and passing drivers began to gesture impolitely. The Hermans persisted. But needless to say, things got worse recently. One night the Hermans found a note on their windshield: "The only reason I don't set fire to your car is because I'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Unsafe at Any Speed | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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