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Word: fretted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hanley might well yearn for the simplicity of biblical days, when the Good Samaritan, reaching humanely to help a stricken traveler, had no need to fret about warrants, lawsuits, the high cost of medical care or the expensive frailties of Cadillacs and jet airliners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Expensive Samaritanism | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

...been adding more than 200 land-and 100 sea-based missiles to their capability every year. By now the Soviets have a 3-to-2 lead in ICBMS, and, under the terms of the freeze, they could have a 40% edge in missile-launching submarines; those margins make conservatives fret that the offensive-missile agreement could be more of a liability than an asset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Second Thoughts on SALT I | 7/10/1972 | See Source »

...fret for this member of the electorate because of the plethora of candidates for the Democratic nomination. I am excited over every message Wallace sends "them." Though I will not vote for him for President, he is rendering America a genuine service by causing the litany of the do-gooders and bums to play second fiddle to the drum roll of those who work, pay taxes and are fed up with the moral and fiscal bankruptcy of the social planners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 24, 1972 | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

...Tell Reader Carol Keough to fret no longer about discrimination appearing in math problems. Women's Lib is snowing up at the college level. Here is the kind of math homework my son struggles with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 17, 1972 | 4/17/1972 | See Source »

Harvard will not be in Ithaca today, but do not fret. Cornell may be strong on professional image, but it can't defend itself from the onslaught of Ivy verbal abuse. Cornell will run all over the field to prove itself to Duffy Dougherty, but Harvard will keep its cool wits and prevail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Touch of Garlic | 10/16/1971 | See Source »

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