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Word: caning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what was modest and tuneful from a handful of peasant-outfitted musicians on Broadway here sounds like corny, department-store Muzak. The costumes, surprisingly, are the most professional element of the show; clearly, a lot of money has been spent on them. Some, like The Seducer's white tails, cane, and hat, are noticeably dazzling; others are trim and colorful, with a surprising amount of attention paid to detail...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: In Need of Surgery | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

Kathy Lowry, casting aside the cane she has been walking with for two weeks, bravely fought to victory in eight of her 12 duels, suffering with her injured knee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Fencers Finish Fourth In New England Championships | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...good student. Third grade had been a real setback because he had to learn to read Braille, forcing him to stay back a year in school, but he was able to learn quickly and started to excel. An even greater accomplishment, however, was learning to walk with a cane when he was 14. He spent two summers learning to walk around a city by himself and learning how to cook and play children's games. At first, walking alone was frightening; this forced him to be alert, until he gained enough confidence so that it became natural. The first time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ed Bordley Grapples with Being Blind, Being Black and Being at Harvard | 1/11/1978 | See Source »

...Eastwood interviews by seeing three of the actor-director's movies (The Gauntlet, The Outlaw Josie Wales, Dirty Harry) at one sitting. "An Eastwood triple feature," the star remarked kindly when he heard about it. "After that you'll need a tin cup and a white cane." In his newest film, The Gauntlet, Eastwood races by car, motorcycle, freight train and bus to bring a witness against the Mob to the trial on time. But only at the wheel, Witteman found, does the otherwise quiet and domestic Eastwood, who does not even bother with standard Hollywood equipment such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...best deal I've ever come across in my vast experience as a Christmas maven was a local bank that took pictures of kids (any age) with Santa, then sent you packing with a gift, food and a candy cane pen. Although the pen has long since dried up, the food digested and the toy discarded, the family still has the pictures of Santa and the clan. Some things never change...

Author: By Deborah Gelin, | Title: The Unofficial Christmas Countdown | 12/9/1977 | See Source »

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