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Word: chasing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Following a four-hour chase, the police, assisted by members of the Cambridge and Boston police departments, apprehended the youths in Boston at about 10 p.m. after they abandoned their getaway car and attempted to escape on foot, Chafin said...

Author: By Marc E. Raven, | Title: Quad Robberies | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

Every Which Way goes in every which direction to no particular avail. It is nearly impossible to sit through. Chase scenes, barroom brawls and barehanded boxing matches follow in dizzying succession, but the movie rarely lurches forward. Director James Fargo (Caravans) seems to delight in disorienting the audience: it is a major chore to figure out who is punching whom, not to mention why. For punctuation, there are running gags. Ruth Gordon pops up, without warning or justification, to do her foul-mouthed-old-lady routine; the Gray Panthers would be well advised to have an injunction slapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: No Exit | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...What do Chase Manhattan Chairman David Rockefeller, McGraw-Hill Vice President Wesley Fraser and boardrooms full of other executives, male and female, have in common? Several times a week they pull on sneakers and sweatshirts to spend an hour or so in the company gym, puffing on a jogging track or pumping away on a stationary bicycle. Employer-sponsored exercise is fast becoming an integral part of the workaday world, as businesses recognize that their financial health can depend on the physical health of key employees as well as on the condition of plant and equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: From Boardroom to Locker Room | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...movie, is always amusing. Alas, the original's gleeful sexual reveries cannot be duplicated on TV, but the antiauthoritarian tone is intact. There are even gags about Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Arnold Toynbee, thus placing Delta House roughly two intellectual cuts above CBS's pompous The Paper Chase. Let the viewer beware, however, for future episodes will be written by different hands. Should ABC fail to exercise strong quality control, this promising spin-off could quickly go into a tailspin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Princely Palaces, Animal Houses | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

With Becky Tung sidelined by a nagging ankle injury, freshman Cynthia Stanton moved into the number one slot and performed admirably, dropping a 3-1 decision to Williams' tough Becky Chase...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Racquetwomen Dump Williams, Remain Unbeaten With 5-2 Win | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

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