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Word: factly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American day of time-clocked construction drudgery. Bobby went out, bought a six-pack and some beer nuts, and propped his smelly feet up on the milk crate in his living room and watched the ball game. It was his way of relaxing, though certainly not his exclusively (this fact bothered him); tonight, as was the case with most of his terminal summer nights, the ball game was all he had to look forward...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

...time had come for action. Bobby had studied history long enough to know it was totally irrelevant in fact; he had played craps enough at work to know that if you roll a seven, that still doesn't make you any more likely to roll another seven on your next throw. The future was always near but also unforseen, dependent entirely on the here...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

...second superb performance is Ellis Rabb's snooty Malvolio. Rabb was, in fact, one of the best players in the AST's early years. At any rate, this is his fourth enactment of Malvolio (he has even directed Twelfth Night elsewhere), and his experience shows...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Here and There A 'Twelfth Night' | 7/18/1978 | See Source »

...achieved more consistent lines on human rights," Sole said. He added that in South Africa, human rights concepts are applied to food, housing and employment, while the United States focuses primarily on political human rights. But a student said that black living standards in South Africa are in fact lower than in a number of independent African countries...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: South African Envoy Assails U.S. Human Rights Practices | 7/18/1978 | See Source »

...STAGING is limited by the fact that the stage itself measures about six feet by 15 feet--not much room, but in this cabaret set-up it hardly matters. Three doors provide the set, but while the look of the show is simple, the numbers are not, for Porter's songs make unusual demands on a singer. The exact harmonies and sure rhythmic style make Porter's works difficult to perform. But this company, led by the fine voices of Baja Mahdi and Linda Terry, can and does sing, very well. They tend to shy away from Porter's more...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Perfect Porter | 7/18/1978 | See Source »

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