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Word: enormouse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Having previously extended the promise of flexible "general revenue sharing" funds to meet "pressing local priorities," the President has now dismantled any rational federal approach to urban problems, and has beat a hasty retreat from substantial funding of legitimate and proven federal programs. The "New Federalism" emerges as a shell...

Author: By Kevin H. White, | Title: Nixon's Other Ceasefire | 2/20/1973 | See Source »

Amy, now eleven, remembers about her father only that "he's got blue eyes and used to tickle me." Says Carol North: "There's no use kidding ourselves, I'm sure Ken has changed. I can see from his letters that he has grown more introspective." She...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: P.O.W.S: A Celebration of Men Redeemed | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

The prize money in the tournament staged four weeks ago in Las Vegas was an impressive $98,000. But the prizes paled in comparison to the enormous amounts-as much as $100,000 per game-changing hands in side wagers. Winner Oswald Jacoby walked away with $4,000 in prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Money Game | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

It is precisely Vonnegut's back-of-the-comic-book approach to serious matters that led to his enormous popularity, especially with young readers. His novels are clear, simple, funny, humane and need hardly any explaining at all. His Dynamic Tension draws the beach bully and the runt who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Enemy of Pretension | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

More than half the book is a recapitulation of Teamster corruption just before and during Hoffa's tenure as international president. This is a familiar witch's brew of paper locals, hanky-panky with the enormous pension funds, involvement with a Mafia Who's Who, intimidation of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Home for Christmas | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

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