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Word: founds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this particular American crossroads. The set: a cement driveway, four pumps (ethyl, regular and lead-free), two tiled bathrooms, two mechanics' bays and a battery of U-Haul trailers for rent. Most of the cast had never heard of Evanston, much less the A & A, until they found themselves waylaid outside town by a steaming radiator, broken drive shaft, clogged fuel pump or flat tire, and brought here. Usually they are towed in by Jon Lunsford, 40, soft-spoken Mormon and "the Boss," or by his ace mechanic, Cliff Cole, 36, a chain-smoking drinker-turned-teetotaler, who likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Wyoming: Greasy Work at the Crossroads | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...potential candidate who might catch on fast is New York Congressman Jack Kemp, co-sponsor of the Roth-Kemp bill, which would cut personal income taxes by 33% over a three-year period. He has been traveling around the country to test the political waters and has found them agreeable. "Kemp makes a striking appearance," says John Simms, executive director of the Mississippi G.O.P. "Even though he uses words like macroeconomics, his examples hit home. Besides, he has the hottest issue going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: To Candidates, Right Looks Right | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

Soon after police in Winston-Salem, N.C., were notified last December that a 1973 Fiat had been stolen, they found the car stuck in the mud off a country road. Missing were the battery, a tape player and a black footlocker that had been in the trunk. The case looked routine until a few days later when children walking on a roadside a few miles away found the footlocker with its lock broken and its contents-papers and notebooks-scattered through the underbrush. Last week the Justice Department disclosed that the documents included top secret copies of communications between Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Misfiled Secrets | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...away and most of the passengers' heads were nodding over their chests, that I got to know Janey Cray. I was sitting awake, thinking of my next day's story, and she was sitting awake in the seat across the aisle, watching the road. She was a grandmother, I found out, and she was traveling with three friends--a neighbor, a sister, and her best friend since second grade. She was overweight, she had deep crows' feet around her eyes, and her throat rasped when she laughed. But her clothes were put on carefully and neatly, and she must have...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Flowers for Elvis | 9/22/1978 | See Source »

...Goods found in the apartment included jewelry, radios, cassette tape players, clothing and a knife the police believe was used in the breaking and entering...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: University Police Arrest Two Minors For Break-Ins Netting $15,000 in Goods | 9/22/1978 | See Source »

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