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Word: chested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three blocks down Perry Street to the V and J Cafeteria. They were strolling back to the courthouse at 11:55 a.m. when there were two bursts of gunfire. Flynt toppled forward, face first, onto a concrete driveway, bullet holes in his abdomen. Reeves, struck in his arm and chest, staggered a few feet and collapsed on the sidewalk (he was later reported to be in satisfactory condition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Bloody Fall of a Hustler | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

...front door of the bus with a submachine gun and shot at us. All the windows were smashed and the glass fell on us. My father shouted, 'Look at my arm!' I pushed him aside and took the wheel. He had a huge hole in his chest. My brother, who had been sleeping in the back seat, was in terrible condition. When we reached the hospital, I asked the doctor if my father and brother had a chance. He said, 'Sorry, son. Both are dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: A Sabbath of Terror | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

...Texas and other producing states like Louisiana and Oklahoma native politicians ritually trip over each other in a race to carry the corporate banner of the oil and gas companies, and to win the resultant prize--an enormous campaign treasure chest. The 1978 Texas Senate race is a classic example of this phenomenon. In all likelihood the contest will be between Congressman Bob Kreuger who led the deregulation fight in the House of Representatives and nearly won, and incumbent Republican Senator John Tower, one of the industry's oldest and most faithful friends...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Cooking With Gas | 3/18/1978 | See Source »

...Blacks and whites look for a black mayor to go into a phone booth and change his clothes and come out wearing an "S" on his chest," Morial said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Orleans Mayor | 3/15/1978 | See Source »

...over his chest Excitable boy, they all said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tales from the Neon Netherworld | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

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