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Word: footing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been confirmed, for millions, by its wondrous convertibility into cash. You can't argue with it. It means something if somebody pays $2.5 million for a lummocking spread of icebergs by Frederic Church, a salon machine whose pedestrian invocations of the sublime are not worth one square foot of a good Turner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Confusing Art with Bullion | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...very moment. Then, she notes, there is that noble equestrienne, Princess Anne. How would Anne answer if someone asked how old she was? Bette wonders. Without a word, she provides the answer: very slowly, like a trained horse at the circus, she taps out the number with her right foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Midler: Make Me a Legend! | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...since he fled Iran last January, has been considerably less grand but still rather more than comfortable. In Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he lived for almost five months before coming to the U.S. for medical treatment, he occupied a rented four-building compound with spacious gardens set inside a twelve-foot wall. He can afford a personal security force and a staff of servants-and he pays the $975-a-day bill for his New York hospital suite promptly. But the Shah last week whiled away much of his time in the unregal pastime that many hospital patients are reduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nobody Influences Me! | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...they did in last week's romp over Brown, the thinclads showcased their depth. Sixteen runners scored points as the Crimson copped two places in every running event except the 880 and swept the relays, proving that even without Murphy--who suffered from a sore throat and Udo, injured foot--the team can come through with enough points to hang tough in just about any meet...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Tracksters Outrun Eagles; Dixon Records Two Wins | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...they can apend $3 million on wages, I can ask for $3 million for new foot patrolmen." Councilor Alfred F. Vellucci said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police, City to Negotiate New Contract | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

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