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Word: fasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Billy Carter cook the books of the family warehouse? ou know what the problem is? Yankees can't keep up with a fast-talking Georgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Probing the Peanut Puzzle | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

Last week, however, the citizenry was concerned. March 15th was fast approaching, and no buzzard had come to call. On the appointed day, 30 members of the Buzzard Club who had traveled from St. Louis to celebrate the event anxiously scanned the skies. They were well fortified against the cold and wore yellow cardboard beaks on their faces. Suddenly Park Ranger Bud Burger, peering through high-powered binoculars, spotted a distinctive shape soaring high over a snow-covered field. Moments later, a buzzard glided to a perch in a tall tree about a mile away. There was jubilation among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Omen of Spring | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...member of the audience might have trouble applying justified skepticism to The China Syndrome's central premise when everything else about the film runs so fast , rings so true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Art: An Atom-Powered Thriller | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...more than a decade, the fastest thing about the fast-food industry has been its growth−in outlets, sales and profits. No area of the business has prospered more than the giant hamburger chains, dominated by McDonald's and its two smaller cook-alikes, Burger King and Wendy's. But lately, increasing costs and competition have taken some of the sizzle out of the chains. Says Wendy's Chairman R. David Thomas: "There's a big washout coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Squeeze in Fast Food | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...increase in the minimum wage, which went from $2.65 to $2.90 on Jan. 1. Higher fuel prices and gasoline shortages may also hurt the chains because people will be less inclined to drive out for a meal. Indeed there has been a quick rise in supermarket sales of fast-food fixin's to prepare at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Squeeze in Fast Food | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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