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Word: furred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Merchants in pursuit of profits have sailed Whitefish and Superior since the French fur traders' time, 3½ centuries ago. But for most of that time-until seven years ago, in fact-the ice blocked even the biggest ore boats from January to April. The 35-year-old Mac will push 30 miles out into Whitefish and then back down through St. Marys River and the locks of Sault Ste. Marie, clearing the way for downbound ore carriers and for empty ships upbound from the steel mills at Gary, Ind. Each winter the 290-ft. Mac makes "track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Great Lakes: A Mackinaw Dance for U.S. Steel | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

Most Harvard quarrels are conducted discreetly, cloaked by quiet bureaucratic manuevering and polite diplomatic statements. But last week, a running dispute over the role of fiction writing in the Expository Writing program surfaced and the fur began...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Watching the Fur Fly | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

Well, I've always been fascinated by collegiate mascots. However, my interests have not been restricted to purely visual contact. Instead, I've tried to grab the bull by the horns, fur, scales, or whatever outer apparel various college symbols wear these days...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: In Search of Crimson | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

Giuliana's response is a period of gloom and fainting spells, followed by a livelier period of vigorous lovemaking with a handsome young novelist. Tullio dallies with his mistress, erring with her on fur in one fireside scene the lavishness of which approaches parody. But when the final break is at hand, he discovers that it is Giuliana who fascinates him. He lets Teresa rumble off to Paris by herself and forgives Giuliana, admitting that she has as much right as he to a lover. Since the novelist has by this time died of a tropical disease picked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: La Diff | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...where the Muppets' TV show is taped, and did a test with Henson and the others in a meadow. As he was shooting, a cow wandered over to have a look at Fozzie. The results were amazingly good; the brown cow and the puppet covered with burnt-orange fake fur looked as natural together as Newman and Redford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Those Marvelous Muppets | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

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