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Word: doves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that both victims #151;a 40-year-old man from Elst and an Indonesian girl from Groningen who spent her 20th birthday on the train -were shot when they stood up. But so effective were the terrifying roars of the jetcraft that the great majority of the prisoners instinctively dove for the ground. Summed up Air Force Major W.A. Blaauw: "It was a nice operation. You must count on some casualties in operations like this, but they were kept very low, and it was a great success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISTS: The Commandos Strike at Dawn | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

Lawrence of Arabia. At the Harvard Square Theater, Saturday and Sunday at 2:50 and 8:30. With The Dove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Listings | 4/21/1977 | See Source »

...always, that fifth season-"mud" -oozed through Vermont and New Hampshire, where the coo of the mourning dove gave way to the growl of four-wheel-drive vehicles pulling unsuspecting travelers out of the region's annual goo. The 949 frugal residents of Plainfield, Vt., authorized a study to see if they should keep their dirt roads-potholes and all-instead of paving them with expensive, and unprofitable, asphalt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEASONS: Spring: It's Lethal and Lovely | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

DeMatteo initiated the scoring for Harvard with a 30-yard drop kick, putting the Crimson ahead by a 3-0 margin. The Rams then scored a try to make the score 4-3 URI. Harvard regained the lead in the seesaw battle, 7-4, when co-captain Peter Hilton dove over the goal line for a try after picking up the ball which had slithered from a tackled DeMatteo's hands...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Rugby Splits With URI Rams; DeMatteo Sparks 'A' R Team | 4/14/1977 | See Source »

...would rather be called that than the opposite. If you look back at it, the term derived out of a position with respect to the Viet Nam War. I was a dove on Viet Nam, no question about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Signal to the Soviets-and to Carter | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

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