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Word: drews (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler of Brockton, Mass. disappointed his followers last night, as he drew with defending middleweight champ Vito Antuofermo. Antuofermo retains the title by virtue of the draw, but he offered Hagler a rematch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

Next, Reagan got a tumultuous welcome in New Hampshire, where he drew 48% of the primary vote in 1976. Some 3,500 cheering people jammed the hall of a National Guard armory in Manchester, while some 2,000 more listened from smaller adjoining rooms. He drew standing applause when he declared, "We must shelve SALT II." While refraining from suggesting what Carter ought to do about the hostage crisis in Iran, he stirred another ovation by proclaiming, "It is tune to stop worrying whether someone likes us and decide we are going to be respected in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Will the Last Remain First? | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...successive British governments and possibly even Queen Elizabeth II. But early this month a new book by Journalist Andrew Boyle, The Climate of Treason, claimed that there had been a "fourth man" in the Burgess-Maclean-Philby spy ring of the 1940s and early 1950s. Boyle, who apparently drew heavily on sources formerly in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, even hinted broadly at his name, prompting questions from Labor members in Parliament. Last week Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher replied with a written statement that essentially admitted it was all true. There had been a fourth spy, and he had confessed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Tinker, Tailor, Curator, Spy | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson drew a starting slot in the middle of the line, and the whole team got out easily enough, considering the size of the field. After 100 yards, Murphy found himself in second place with Northeastern's Bruce Bickford (Bickford ended up a disappointing 85th...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Harriers Take 25th in NCAAs | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

Kennedy promptly took off on a three-day campaign blitz of seven cities, extending from Manchester, N.H., to Charleston, S.C. He drew large crowds, including the same kind of squealers, jumpers and touchers who used to flock to Jack. But tragedy has tempered his approach. While not avoiding large rallies altogether, he is planning to concentrate on smaller, more secure sessions, where he can discuss issues at greater length. Attending the first of these at the Copernicus Senior Citizens Center in Chicago, Kennedy gave a speech touting his national health care program. Silvester Bonnis, 72, a retired factory worker, came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kennedy Makes It Official | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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