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Word: feets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stacy was a whore, Stacy was a whore," he sang. The spectators jumped to their feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Son of Sam Returns | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

Lenz copped fourth in the Heps last year, and has improved his best distance by over ten feet this season. He contributed a second at the IC4As with a throw...

Author: By Elizabeth N. Friese, | Title: Coming Attractions: Crew Races and NCAA Track | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...than the Derby and 5/16 of a mile less than the Belmont Stakes) demands the hot speed that is the first hallmark of the breed. A topflight field hurtling around Pimlico's tight turns leaves no margin for error by a jockey: fail to find position by a few feet, miscalculate the pace by a tick of the clock, and the winner streaks to the wire before ground can be made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cauthen: A Born Winner | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

...evolutionary scale; what better way to spend a life than laughing at the lower orders? Such was Mencken's amusement during the '20s and early '30s. It was a resentful, mocking epoch; Americans, disillusioned by World War I, were anxious to smash icons and uncover clay feet. In newspapers, magazines -the Smart Set and the American Mercury-and some 40 books, Mencken merrily blasted Christianity in general and the Bible Belt in particular. He satirized professors, savaged politicians and labeled the majority of Americans-i.e., anyone who did not agree with the author's prejudices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Shocking Entertainer | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

...attempted suicide. A man had apparently attacked his ex-wife with a hammer, beating her severely, and then had drunk something to kill himself. She was sprawled in the center of the floor, her head, chest, arms and legs covered with lacerations and bruises. He had collapsed a few feet away. Both were unconscious but still alive...

Author: By David Beach, | Title: The Dark Side of Cambridge: A Night With Rescue | 5/26/1978 | See Source »

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