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Word: erectible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...normal erection results from a complex interaction of forces. Mental or physical stimulation sets off a series of nervous reflexes that increase blood flow to the penis. As the blood fills the corpora cavernosa, two rod-shaped bundles of spongy tissue running the length of the organ, the penis expands, becoming hard and erect. But the sexual response is fragile; it can easily be disrupted by emotional or physical problems (some, like an excess of alcohol, temporary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aiding Nature | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...himself the creature would hardly have been a match for a hippo or any other large animal he might have encountered. Scarcely 5 ft. tall, he probably weighed no more than 120 lbs. Yet he did show promise. Most anthropologists now regard Homo erectus (literally, erect man) as modern man's immediate ancestor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Track of Man | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...cars gather around the trailer giving it some clubishness. I imagine its members as reckless romantics, with hearts that pump them out of planes, with a love for life so great that they're dying to risk it. But they slowly roll out of their cars, struggle to stand erect and stretch and scratch their heads, stomachs or buttocks. They yawn and speak of last night, of all that beer. A paunchy man, dressed in blue jeans and a dirty white sweat shirt ambles towards us. "You here to jump?" A moment of silence. "Well my, my name is Pete...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Stepping Out Over Taunton | 11/14/1979 | See Source »

...involve free speech. One of the great unreported stories of the past 30 years is the steady erosion of individual rights that is turning us into a different kind of country. If we put a floor under wages and a ceiling over prices, a free man cannot long stand erect. Someone has to make it clear that the collision course between Government price and wage controls and personal liberty is inevitable because, in the end, Government allocation of economic resources requires force." So, he continues, when considering any form of price and wage restrictions, the question should not be "Will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: Of Freedom and Inflation | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

These were stores which sold things like love beads and candles and dayglo posters, and of them all, only The Truc stands erect. Legend and lore tells us these small businesses were merchandisers of "the movement," run by classy entrepeneurs who saw a gold mine in the nation's dissident youth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Once and Future Folk Scene | 7/17/1979 | See Source »

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