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Word: buzzed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...anyone would have dreamed possible as the '70s began (the 1970 price per bbl. was $1.80). Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd last week shot down a hopeful rumor that his country would increase production, and Iran is holding exports to barely half of prerevolutionary levels. Oil-industry publications buzz with talk of further cutbacks in Algeria and Libya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Great Energy Mess | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...Buzz off, Government. You're messing too much with things that have made this country great. Get out of my gas tank. I want supply and demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 18, 1979 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

...June air was torn by the peal of church bells, the buzz of helicopters, the crackle of loudspeaker commands, the waves of thundering applause, the melodious drone of old hymns, the murmur of Masses being said, dozens of them, beneath the burning sun of an early Polish summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Triumphal Return | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

...Bees also play a pivotal role in such favorites as almonds, apples, squash, melons, cherries and avocados; all told, bee-pollinated crops ring up $2 billion a year. One possible solution: restricted spraying of the capsules within four miles of hives, usually about as far as the bees ever buzz from home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Bee's Killer | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

...supposed to play the part so that the hurt child can become a victorious adult in his sexual fantasies. It is a kind of theater in which the adult again and again conquers childhood fears. Says Stoller: "Triumph, rage, revenge, fear, anxiety, risk are all condensed into one complex buzz called 'sexual excitement.' " In Stoller's view, that buzz has an even harsher component: sadomasochism, the deriving of pleasure from inflicting or experiencing pain. As he puts it, "My hunch is that the desire to hurt others in retaliation for having been hurt is essential for most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Bedroom Battle | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

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