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Word: entertain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...near picturesque spots. "I've covered more accidents caused by people running across a street or highway to take a picture," said New Hampshire State Trooper T.R. Korbet. Growled one tourist: "The traffic is so bad along the Mohawk Trail that they had to bring out Indians to entertain all the leaf freaks sitting in their cars with nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Foliage Freaks | 11/11/1974 | See Source »

...theater to learn--learning was strictly a five-day-a-week job. Most Americans do go to the movies just to have fun, to escape from sordid reality, to see their fantasies played out in Technicolor. We've all been taught that the function of film is to entertain. Films, after all, are the product of an "entertainment industry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scattered Images: Movies as History | 10/23/1974 | See Source »

...Fanne suffered two blackened eyes. Nor did it mention the fact that Eduardo and Fanne are separated. Mills said nothing about reports of his lavish spending on Fanne at the Silver Slipper, reports that are raising questions about how an Arkansas Congressman of modest means can afford to entertain on such an expensive scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Wilbur's Argentine Firecracker | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

...There's something about Harry that gives everyone in his boats a sense of confidence, a pride that refuses to entertain the idea of anyone else even being close to us," said number-six-man, senior Dick Cashin...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Coach Parker's Crew Squad: Another Championship Season? | 10/10/1974 | See Source »

...board a classic boatload of cash and culture. Some 200 music lovers paid up to $4,500 to glide around the Mediterranean to the personal accompaniment of the likes of Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, Violinist Alexander Schneider, Flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal and Dancer Rudi Nureyev. Each day the geniuses would entertain the guests. Rostropovich, who left Russia on a two-year visa last May, was the star both on and off stage. He hammed it up on the ship's piano clad in a bathrobe, and when the ship arrived in Istanbul, he went ashore and bought a load...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 7, 1974 | 10/7/1974 | See Source »

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