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Word: grabbers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slight departure from tradition, the women's swim team picked a sophomore star and a junior, who has not been a headline-grabber, as captains for next year...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Women's Swim Captains Named | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

...Oriol y Urquijo, president of an advisory council to Spain's head of state. Oriol's kidnaping, still unsolved, was claimed by GRAPO, which is demanding amnesty for the remaining political prisoners in return for Oriol's freedom. Sure enough, GRAPO also identified itself as the grabber of Villaescusa. The kidnaping of the prestigious general was an unprecedented affront to Spain's powerful military, but its leadership appeared in no mood to retaliate outside the law. Said Army Chief of Staff Lieut. General Jose Vega Rodriguez: "The army has demonstrated that it is nonpolitical, calm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: A New Visit from the Old Demons | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

...determined pursuit of a viable co-existence with the Soviets, Kissinger looks like a ruthless power grabber-or a clever maneuverer. Maybe that is what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Why Kissinger Survives | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

...East 58th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues, to hammer out a new moral code for human society. The angels cannot understand a relatively new development called "money," which has become the most powerful of humanity's totems. They begin to suspect that the million-dollar lapel grabber and his wife can help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Liederkranz | 6/2/1975 | See Source »

...That story got considerable play, but the basic allegation has never been supported. Newsweek a year ago reported that John Dean had information to the effect that some "lowlevel White House officials at one point considered assassinating the President of Panama." Neither Dean nor anyone else ever corroborated that grabber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COYER STORY: COVERING WATERGATE: SUCCESS AND BACKLASH | 7/8/1974 | See Source »

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