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Word: eying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...left behind when he went to the U.S. earlier this month. His well-timed departure came just before a coup that ousted him after twelve years of oppressive rule over the Caribbean island. On display at his residence atop picturesque Mount Royal last week were a donkey's eye, indigo, saltpeter and a mysterious white powder. Presumably these had been part of the spooky, voodoo-like rituals that the deposed Prime Minister is said to have practiced to help keep himself in power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GRENADA: The Fall of a Warlock | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

...little, it weakens its hold on the rank and file. If it pushes for too much, it risks the wrath of the White House and possible deregulation. Finding a compromise that will satisfy all sides is likely to be as difficult as gunning a ten-ton truck through the eye of a needle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Guidelines Face a Rough Ride | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

...Eye is by far the most entertaining of the three shows, marred only by the lackluster performance of Jennifer Christian as Belinda. Many of her lines were inaudible, perhaps because of what sounded like laryngitis, combined with poor diction. Reciting dialogue with little or no emotion, she often acts too immature, pouting when she is confused or upset and picking at her fingernails, a habit that quickly becomes annoying...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Two's Company, Three's a Crowd | 3/20/1979 | See Source »

...even more withered and yellow when juxtaposed with the other, better shows. Therefore, unless Kugelmass can be sparked with the same humor, vitality and depth as the Shaffer plays, perhaps it would be best left to succumb to another of biology's theories--survival of the fittest. Ear and Eye are excellent, even with some marginal performances, and deserve to be presented alone...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Two's Company, Three's a Crowd | 3/20/1979 | See Source »

Faster than the Eye...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Women Fencers Place Fourth In New England Tournament | 3/20/1979 | See Source »

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