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Word: droves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Party whose awesome structure harnessed that inchoate emotion which, with the force of a tidal wave, drove millions of people around the globe toward Marxism. It was the Party whose moral authority gave shape and substance to an abstraction, thereby making of it a powerful human experience. It was the Party that brought to astonishing life the deepest sense of their own humanness, allowing them to love themselves through the act of loving each other...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: Strawberries and Cream | 4/5/1978 | See Source »

...California at Berkeley tried to gnaw into the lead, but the Huskies grimly hung on. At 1500 meters the Crimson nosed ahead of California by two seats while still three-quarters of a length behind Washington. Harvard skidded to fourth again in the last 20 strokes as the Californians drove past them by two seats...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Heavies Place 4th In Coast Classic | 4/4/1978 | See Source »

...same sitting), listened a lot to the sound track from Last Tango in Paris, and even worked together in a show called Over Here! By the last night of the show, Travolta had resolved to try his luck Out There. In Hollywood, his old pal Jerry Wurms drove Johnny to auditions on the back of his motorcycle. Travolta scored his first movie job in a little horror called The Devil's Rain, in which he melts into a puddle of liquid putrescence while shouting, "Blasphemer! Blasphemer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Steppin' to stardom | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

...Ippolito said that management people both drove union members to the election and were present at the voting places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sullivan Defeats D'Ippolito In Local 26 Union Election | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

...earlier match, the fourth-ranked team of Rosie Casals and JoAnne Russell had little trouble in reaching the semifinals as they defeated Marita Redondo and Trish Bostrom, 6-2, 6-4. The winners worked well as a team--"I've got it," shouted Casals, as she drove Bostrom's serve down the middle to win the match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navratilova and Goolagong Advance in Slims Tennis | 3/18/1978 | See Source »

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