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Word: chaires (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boston Herald American reported yesterday that it appeared "likely" that Kissinger would accept a permanent chair at Columbia endowed in his name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kissinger Not Columbia-Bound Despite Reports | 11/5/1976 | See Source »

Emett, now 70, says he does not want to make any more Things. Even a Hush-a-Bye Hot Air Rocking Chair, with all its crumpeted and cushioned comforts, can take months to complete, demand the services of 15 artisans and put his 200-year-old blacksmith's forge on 24-hour duty. The antic Edison of Wild Goose Cottage plans to paint and draw lithographs, wallpaper, cartoons and other whatsits that may yet make Emettiana an American household word. Mary, his loving wife and canny business brains of 35 years, concurs. Emett will nonetheless retain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Gothic-Kinetic Merlin of Wild Goose Cottage | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...Zappa gets up from his rocking chair--his belly button is exposed (an innie, I think), and he's not wearing any underwear under those tight bell-bottoms (woo, woo)--he puts on a stylish coat, turns off the lights in his room (except one to keep the crooks out), and leaves...

Author: By Rich Weisman, | Title: Oh, Frankie...! | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

...Lord North Street. Wilson, in shirtsleeves, opened the door himself. Apologizing for the mess of paper piled high on the dining table-the contents of his desk at No. 10-he ushered his guest into a cozy, wood-paneled living room. There he settled into an easy chair, lit his pipe and talked. Excerpts from the interview...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Looking Back at No. 10 | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

During the summer, Texas prison officials decided that the time had come. They installed a new wiring system in "Old Sparkey," the state's natural-oak electric chair. The electric chairs in Georgia and Florida were also rewired and got other minor repairs. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for their return to use. On the first day after the summer recess, the nine Justices announced that they would not reconsider their ruling of last July upholding the constitutionality of capital-punishment murder statutes in the three states.* The Justices forthwith lifted a stay that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Waiting for Death | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

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