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Word: funning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that doesn't particularly grab you, have fun this weekend but make a mental note to take in a few lectures scheduled for next week that look promising...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Categorically Imperative? | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

...brother's) and ruining my pants in a strange looking mixture of indeterminate composition in a shopping center along the road, after 2 p.m. The next bus, scheduled for 2:30, came by at a quarter to 3, and I once again made the mistake of assuming the fun was over. Sources say East Brunswick to Princeton is a 40 minute ride, but this guy was making all the local stops...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: So Where Did You Go Over Vacation? | 4/5/1978 | See Source »

...fun's over now, though, and it's time to play some baseball. That task should be no problem for Harvard...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Batsmen Tan Foes in Florida | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

What astonishes his European rivals is that he can be so good and still have so much fun. When he comes slashing down a mountainside, weaving expertly through the slalom gates, the handsome young man from White Pass, Wash., is obviously having a marvelous time. He skis, as one leading foreign coach puts it, "for sheer joy, unlike the Europeans, who often are driven by political, nationalistic or commercial pressures." At the age of 20, with his best years just ahead, Phil Mahre (pronounced mare) is already the finest American male skier in history, a solid gold-medal prospect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Nice Guy Who May Finish First | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...laughs that can be found in All You Need Is Cash are visual. Idle and Weis have reshot sequences from Richard Lester's mod Beatles films (now called A Hard Day's Rut and Ouch!) to poke wicked fun at their most faddish excesses; similar pranks have been pulled on the psychedelic animation of Yellow Submarine. Unfortunately, the show's creators have not lavished nearly so much care on their casting. The four Rutles (Idle, Innes, John Halsey, Rikki Fataar) are virtually indistinguishable, and their performances are morbidly charmless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Help! | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

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