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Word: following (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Simpson, Franco Harris and Larry Csonka, attracted by the glamour of Hollywood, will all play for the Los Angeles Rams. Joe Greene and his colleagues along the Pittsburgh Steelers'defensive line, plus the front four of the Minnesota Vikings, will follow the sun to Miami to sign with the Dolphins. Dozens of other stars will auction off their services every year to the highest bidder, and some cold-weather cities such as Green Bay and Buffalo won't be able to buy enough players to field a team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Farewell to Feudalism | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

...House and 61 to 38 in the Senate, the Democrats were able to reform some of the musty rules and procedures that had slowed legislation for generations in both chambers. In the House, the drive for change was helped mightily by 75 freshmen members who refused to follow two ancient dicta: newcomers should be seen and not heard, and one gets along by going along. The revolution deposed the aging, baronial chairmen of three key House committees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Mixed Notices for the Fighting 94th | 1/5/1976 | See Source »

...years since Fay Wray was strung up in a delightfully sadistic way as bait for the huge ape, only to conquer his marshmallow heart. Universal will follow the original faithfully. Wray's part has not yet been cast, but Fay herself, now 68, will have a cameo role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Monkey Business | 1/5/1976 | See Source »

Levi's proposed guidelines on domestic surveillance did not satisfy many of the committee members. Said Mondale: "Guidelines written by the Executive Branch can be re-written by the Executive Branch, by those who follow you. They will mean absolutely nothing in the face of a willful President or a willful Attorney General." Thus the committee will probably recommend that the standards be written into law. Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, in fact, urged that "specific statutes should authorize, prohibit or regulate every investigative and enforcement method. Government agents should not have to guess what is permitted." Both committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Curbing It Without Killing it | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

...painstakingly "assembled" the letters one at a tune in the proper order to produce a synthetic unit. The rabbit gene is at least eight times as large, containing about 650 nucleotides strung together in a sequence that scientists have not yet completely determined. Clearly the Harvard group could not follow Khorana's route...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Gene Makers | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

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