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Word: davises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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"We really thought what we were writing was true," said Helen Davis, a Dartmouth co-ed who filled in as cheerleader when her best friend's pompom broke. "We gave up hope for the game weeks ago, and knew we'd have to cheat to have any chance of snapping...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Dartmouth Parody of Crimson Evokes Boredom, Fools None | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

Bette Davis, actress (Death on the Nile): "I divide women into two categories. The female and the broad. Me? I'm a broad."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 23, 1978 | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

Professor Kilson, you do not want Black students to be thumb-suckers; you would rather see us become behind-kissers, a euphemism for a term with which I am sure you are familiar. You are advocating that we curry the favor of the white population here on the student level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Response to Kilson | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the socialite (Bette Davis) and her bitchy companion (Maggie Smith) have set out for the same cruise, as have the novelist Salome Ottoban and her daughter. When Linnet's cheating lawyer (George Kennedy) hears of her marriage, his shady schemes are jeopardized and he sets off for Egypt to...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Christie on the Nile | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

All the actors play their parts well, some more than others. Ustinov is fine as the supersleuth, but you wish he'd stop taking offense so often for being called French, not Belgian. Still, that's the screenwriter's fault more than Ustinov's. Niven is the quintessential unflappable Englishman...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Christie on the Nile | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

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