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Word: cliffes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dirt road running up Parachute Creek in western Colorado winds through an ever steeper canyon. As the road climbs, it deteriorates into first a stream bed and then a cliff-hugging path that passes a blackened ledge of shale rock that was struck by lightning two years ago and spouted flames for three days. The Indians once dubbed the magic mineral "the rock that burns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Tapping the Riches of Shale | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...will bring up the energy issues the first time the city council meets." Cliff Truesdell '66, an organizer of the drive to pass the anti-nuclear referendum, said yesterday. "We expect these measures to be passed--we expect the city council will take heed of this overwhelming mandate," he added...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: CCA Dominates School Board; S. Africa Referendum Passes | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

...Gary re-emerging in Southern California. In the past year in Dallas, meantime, there have been three kidnapings and one violent death. J.R. has forcibly committed his alcoholic wife Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) to a drying-out clinic. Vowing revenge, she has taken up with Pam's brother, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval). "I'm just so tired of J.R. gettin' everything he wants," pouts Sue Ellen. "Always winnin'." But that's all right; J.R. is sleeping with her sister, Kristin (Mary Crosby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Big House on the Prairie | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...EDGE OF THE CLIFF by V.S. Pritchett Random House; 179 pages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Clarity of Mind, a Clarity of Heart | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Brown was gathering herbs with several other students when he fell from the cliff and apparently struck a metal object that punctured his abdomen. He survived an operation, but developed a blood clot and died suddenly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sheldon Fellow Touring Asia Killed in Fall | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

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