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Word: distaff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Druids, Greek and Roman antiquity and the American Indian religions. But the groups share some tenets. Most believe in reincarnation" and in a universe ruled by a supreme godhead comprising two parts: a male half, which includes the sun, and a female half, which includes the moon. The distaff side is frequently considered to have more status, which makes neopaganism especially attractive to some feminists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Preaching Pan, Isis and Om | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

ENGAGED. Marie Osmond, 19, distaff half of ABC-TV's toothily wholesome Donny and Marie duo; and Jeff Crayton, 23, a college student and actor; in Orem, Utah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 11, 1979 | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

Going from unisex to unsex, The Lodge At Harvard Square, with 17 New England outlets, sells its women customers huge quantities of old-fashioned men's chino pants, whose seats rapidly become modishly baggy on distaff derri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Dressing Down in Sloppy Chic | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...admitted women in early 1976, only one woman has resigned-from the Air Force Academy-because she was expecting a baby. Two men quit the Naval Academy this year to marry their pregnant fiancees-who were not midshipmen. (The Navy has yet to adopt the term midshipwoman for the distaff side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Mom, the Cadet | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...Radcliffe cross-country team surpassed the varsity's performance at Franklin Park yesterday, in the first women's Big Three meet. The distaff harriers entered five runners in the meet, and they finished one-two-three-four-five, blitzing Princeton and Yale...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Cross Country Team Scores Upset Victory; Embarrasses Tigers, Elis in Big Three Meet | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

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