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Word: flash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your assorted band of string-alongers including Klaus Voorman, Claudia Linnear, Carl Raddle, et al. The bad boys of rock, the Rolling Stones, still haven't developed a social conscience and didn't send a representative. However, they were there in spirit when the Benefit band performed "Jumpin Jack Flash...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: The Concert for Bangla Desh | 1/11/1972 | See Source »

Thus we must wait until Side Four, when Leon Russell takes over, before we get any innovation. He leads the band in a version of "Jumpin Jack Flash" that manages to do the impossible--capture the intensity of the Stone's original and depending on what mood you're in, surpasses...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: The Concert for Bangla Desh | 1/11/1972 | See Source »

...Gentlemen," said the briefing officer, "I have to tell you that this is not a practice blackout. It is the real thing. We have just had a flash that the Pakistan air force has attacked our airfields at Amritsar, Pathankot and Srinagar. This is a blatant attack on India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: India and Pakistan: Over the Edge | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

More important, East Berlin might have used Ulbricht's re-election to flash a signal to Moscow. As events have shown, Ulbricht was fired at the insistence of the Russians, who wanted to ensure East German cooperation in negotiating a Berlin settlement. The East Germans are now engaged in almost nonstop negotiations with the West Germans. They may well reach agreement this week over new arrangements guaranteeing free transit to and from West Berlin and establishing more contact between the two parts of the divided city. Nonetheless, the East Germans may at the same time wish to indicate their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST GERMANY: Don't Go, Comrade Ulbricht | 12/6/1971 | See Source »

...Senate is expected to ratify last week's agreement by next spring. After that Honduras will leave things as they are on Swan. The U.S. technicians will remain, as will Glidden and his family. But another potential -though minor-international flash point has been damped down. Raising his glass in a toast last week, President Cruz remarked that Washington had been wise to give up the Swans. If it had not, he hinted with a straight face, Honduras would have had to resort to force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HONDURAS: Swans, Spooks and Boobies | 12/6/1971 | See Source »

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