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Word: caps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...almost naturally to Winchell, a graduate of a New York school of industrial arts. At age 13, he realized that his sinus trouble seemed to ease when he held his nostrils open, so he contrived a V-shaped gadget to do the job. Later he patented a transparent lens cap for cameras (to help the amateur who shoots with a lens cap on) and invented a device made out of plastic ice cube trays, used for transplanting seedlings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winchell's Heart | 3/12/1973 | See Source »

...cockfight, provide other sights rarely seen by Americans. The marketplace is sometimes enlivened by a "ra-ra," a spontaneous celebration that frequently occurs in the spring when people don colorful costumes and engage in impromptu jam sessions with "vaccins"-flutelike instruments made from bamboo. One other side trip-to Cap Haitien on the northern coast-is almost worth traversing the particularly bad roads or risking the frequently canceled air trip. Once there, tourists can take a two-hour horseback ride up La Ferriere mountain to visit the ruins of the Citadelle, a huge stone fortress built by one of Haiti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Haiti: New Island in the Sun | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

...Posey, seventh Mark Donohue 47.99 seconds on Cap...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

...some of the University buildings. I found myself walking around the campus with Chia China, a man of about 60, professor of English Language and Literature. He like most of the others, was dressed in the customary simple suit of dark blue, with stand-up collar band and blue cap with visor...

Author: By William H. Cary. jr., | Title: Criticism Made Us Professors Uncomfortable, But...' | 1/5/1973 | See Source »

...doesn't look so hot on an old bag." Even thieves have not yet become aware of its worth. In a recent robbery of the home of an American writer in Paris, everything was stolen-with the exception of one New Jewelry silver bracelet with a moonstone cap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Jewelry: Back to Design | 12/18/1972 | See Source »

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