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Word: frigidity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some, the decision comes with a shock of disgusted recognition, like a less heroic version of Hemingway's Lieut. Henry bidding a farewell to arms by jumping into the frigid Tagliamento River...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans on the Move | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

Despite the frigid second half, which has typified most of the season for the squad, Coach Satch Sanders seemed pleased with the team's play, and particularly the final comeback...

Author: By William Scheft, | Title: Cagers' Comeback Bid Falls Short; Yale Nips Squad In Squeaker, 83-62 | 3/6/1976 | See Source »

...Should Boumedienne try to even the score, Algeria's army would be far from supply bases and pitted against a Moroccan force roughly its equal in size and skill. But Algeria's 3-to-1 advantage in air power could prove decisive in the Sahara's frigid, windswept wadies and salt flats, whose sparse vegetation creates ideal strafing ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTH AFRICA: Armor at the Oasis | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

...periods yesterday afternoon at frigid Watson Rink the only thing that the freshman skaters seemed to be capable of doing as a team was file in and out of the penalty box. Despite a turnaround in the third stanza, the freshmen lost to Boston College 7-5, evening their record...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: B.C. Outlasts Freshmen, 7-5 In Game Marred by Penalties | 1/21/1976 | See Source »

...Instead, the movie is one long cheap shot. Honcho of the pageant is "Big Bob" Freelander (Bruce Bern), who is-you guessed it-a used-car dealer. His friends from the Jaycees are variously venal and small-minded; their wives, we are given to understand, are frigid. Big Bob's little boy is caught by the cops trying to take pictures of the contestants in their undies through a dressing-room window. He intends to sell them, of course. And so it goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sneer | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

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