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Word: canuck (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...abhorrent link in his mind between sex and violence toward women. Mr. Attanasio is not selective, though, in displaying sexual prejudice. He also exhibits racial arrogance in depicting Tommy's Armenian restaurant-owner who emits word-like syllables between "aargh's and grzhth's" and a pinball-playing "short Canuck in a bogus leather jacket." Another writer claims that, "For entertainment, "Whorehouse" is about as dead solid perfect as you'll get." Perfect for whom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sex Appeal | 10/23/1979 | See Source »

...Flyers, however, should have no trouble disposing the Canucks in two straght. Vancouver is quite possibly the worst team in the history of professional sports to make post-season playdowns (17 games under .500). Canuck coach Harry Neale's quote of the year is "I just don't know what's wrong with my team." Think, Harry, think...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: NHL Second Season to Open Tonight | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

...packed in ice like a gourmet CARE package. The imported fish hung from a hook on the Edgartown dock for four days, sending up such a powerful stench in the hot sun that it quickly lost much of its curiosity value. Some townsfolk reciprocated later by depositing on Canuck and Brown's doorstep the moldering carcasses of sharks from local waters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUMMER OF THE SHARK | 6/23/1975 | See Source »

...Union Leader accusing Edmund Muskie of a racial slur against French Canadians may have been written by Ken W. Clawson, deputy director of White House communications. A Post reporter, Marilyn Berger, claimed that Clawson told her that he had written the note, which said Muskie had condoned the epithet "Canuck," an insult to New England's French Canadians. The letter, published over the signature of a "Paul Morrison" in the Union Leader, helped to precipitate Muskie's famous "crying speech," when the candidate shed indignant tears and thus damaged his image of stability. Clawson last week declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: More Fumes from the Watergate Affair | 10/23/1972 | See Source »

FAVORITE DRINK: The Flamin' Canuck (Apricot Brandy, a beef boullion cube, 1,2 normal butane, and a Ohio Blue Tip match...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Dake It Or Leave It | 10/21/1972 | See Source »

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