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Word: fightin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time Thursday rolled around, many of the conventiongoers were thoroughly worn out. "I'm so tired fightin'," said Mississippi Delegate Malcolm Mabry, "I just wish someone would ring the bell." Yet Gerald Ford managed to recharge the delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONVENTION: Instant Replay: How Ford won It | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

...with a paltry third-place finish at 17 per cent of the vote. In Wisconsin, Indiana and Maryland in 1964--at the beginning of the cycle of violent ghetto summers--he won between 30 and 43 per cent against stand-in candidates for a popular incumbent President. The fightin' judge won Maryland and Michigan...

Author: By James I. Kaplan, | Title: Blame Massachusetts | 3/6/1976 | See Source »

...hell ain't nothing but a place of confusion. Even the churches can be hell, when the people start fightin' among themselves. And now all these preachers come out for big money. Some of um have ten thousand a year. But they ain't true preachers unlessen they been called. Now that's right...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: Some Houses Down There | 2/27/1974 | See Source »

...Which is why you've had such a rough time tryin' to find 'em. In this state there are a group of fanatics who believe that dope is evil, and they're fightin tooth and claw to wipe it out. Jesus freaks are nothin compared to narcs, and especially local narcs. They're bible totin statute quotin freaks and in my opinion they are the lowest type of scumbag because they'll get in with you and then betray you. The only character out of the Bible they forget to cite is Judas...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: CANNABIS ROAD: The Freakoid Cracker | 2/1/1974 | See Source »

...veterans are ruining the image of veterans. They hate Nixon and his phonies. Maybe one day this group of Americans is gonna get the idea that they can change the country around and when the rednecks and freakoid crackers get their piece of land and start fightin for just causes, ain't nobody gonna see it comin but one day people are gonna open their eyes and then there'll be a revelation...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: CANNABIS ROAD: The Freakoid Cracker | 2/1/1974 | See Source »

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