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Word: ers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some say there is a Ford in his future, but New York's Governor Hugh Carey is a fast man with a, er, dodge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 23, 1978 | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

...cutting one-liners are tossed off with a certain macho flair, the male lead is yet another in a series of adorable scoundrel types, and the woman is one more unfulfilled, sublimated prude who all too willingly gives herself up to the irresistible charms of a confirmed ne'er-do-well. The film, in fact, aspires to little more than giving the audience a good belly laugh every 15 minutes or so. Your funny bone is taken good care of, all right, but a stand-up comic can do the same thing in a fraction of the time. Once...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: A Misbegotten Marriage | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

...gotten to the Garden, it will be easy to find your way back tomorrow night for "Dribble, dribble, there's Cowens in the key, SWISH!!!" The Celtics will open their season against the Cleveland Cavaliers Friday as the NBA swings into action. If you're an intense Garden-er then hang around for Saturday night's Celtic contest versus Houston, and then catch the Bruins again Sunday, when they host Toronto...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Out of the Mothballs and Onto the Ice | 10/12/1978 | See Source »

...city council of Woonsocket, R.I., three weeks ago approved some job descriptions that eliminated supposedly sexist language, a utility man became a utility person, whose duties included "building personholes." Ever since, Woonsocket has been the butt of jokes from as far away as California, prompting Francis Lanctot, a councilman, er, person, to voice his feelings in verse. Excerpt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Nonsex | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories, Gabriel Garcia Márquez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

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