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Word: damn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...together and read all these other things into it...A Jane Fonda anti-nuclear film--that's a tough sell for 800 theaters across the country. So I think I felt, we all felt the film had a lot more to say, ...was pretty damn entertaining, and would have to hated to see it become polarized right...

Author: By David B. Hilder, | Title: 'China Syndrome': A Nuclear Thriller Fonda, Lemmon and Douglas Star | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

...short time I've been here, I've learned a couple of things besides how to play squash. I've learned that this school, while having some damn fine teachers, tends disturbingly often to neglect or reject them. The latest Harvard teacher to whom this has happened is Diana Thomson, currently at the center of the flap over dropping fiction writing from Harvard's expository writing program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Expos Revisited | 3/14/1979 | See Source »

...fiction writing--is a very personal thing and often is difficult to discuss with others. However, under Ms. Thomson's direction, our group of 15 men and women has achieved the interplay of feelings and ideas that is so essential to a "learning experience." We've also produced some damn good writing and little of it, I venture to say, would have come without Diana's frequent and freely given help...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Expos Revisited | 3/14/1979 | See Source »

...assure access to the sea lanes and the oil. As long as there is no interference with them, nobody has anything to worry about; the increased presence of the U.S. has nothing to do with the internal affairs of other people. Everybody would read this statement and know damn well that if something occurred the military force was at least there as an option. I think we need to create options of power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Searching for the Right Response | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...have warned that raising the drinking age at midnight on April 1 would encourage last-minute parties, especially since March 31 is a Saturday. State Rep. William G. Robinson said if the measure had taken effect on April Fool's Day, "the legislature and governor would have been a damn laughing stock." He recommended allowing the usual 90-day grace period because students would be out of school when the law goes into effect and therefore less likely to protest...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: The Party's Over | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

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