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Word: damn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...During the course of a week's practice, he'd practice and play in pain where some guys would take off three or four days," Bruno added. "It's a damn shame. We'll miss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McDermott, Former Grid Star, Dies in Fire at Brighton Home | 7/7/1978 | See Source »

...gave a damn about the Ogaden desert, but Shaba copper is something else. Now we have a new policy toward Africa: limited Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 26, 1978 | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...that layoffs be determined not solely by seniority but on the basis of the employees' personal needs and competence. Otherwise, she feared, minorities and women once again would be "the last hired and first fired." Warned John Mack, president of the Los Angeles urban league: "We intend to make damn sure that if garbage is going to be picked up only once a month in Watts, then it damn sure will be once a month in the San Fernando Valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sound and Fury over Taxes | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

...hookups mean places to plug in the lights. But let's get back to the show. We want a real blockbuster, lots of chests and feathers and special effects. I'll get them to build a stage just like the old days -biggest damn thing anybody ever saw, big enough to land an airplane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Well Hello, Reno, Hello | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

Califano has antagonized some key Democrats in Congress. Indiana's John Brademas, majority whip in the House and chairman of the Select Education Subcommittee, was incensed when Califano pushed legislation for an HEW reorganization plan without consulting him first. He accused Califano of practicing "the same damn arrogance, the Nixon arrogance of power." Brademas now says: "I know he rides roughshod, but I think he is well motivated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: I Love This Job! | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

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