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Word: grass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank (Oct. 25, CBS, 9 p.m. E.D.T...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: One Hit, Two Misses | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

Remember "Temptation Eyes?" Well, the Grass Roots are back in town, playing Lucifer from Oct. 23 through Nov. 5. Why they're playing at a disco I'll never figure out. The last time they were heard from, disco hadn't even been invented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not the Rock Column | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

Corliss taught school in Boston after his graduation from Harvard 51 years ago. "When I retired I didn't want to sit and watch the grass grow, and I didn't want a headache job," he explained. He came to Lamont eight years ago, and now works a tolerable 25 hours each week...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: A Tradition In Lamont | 10/25/1978 | See Source »

...Spaceman. Grass. Day games. No designated hitter. That...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: A Little Lee-Way | 10/24/1978 | See Source »

...lying out with dry cattle" - that is, women who had never given birth. The minor characters are equally memorable: Willalee Bookatee and his family, their black neighbors; the Jew, a peddler whose wagon was crammed with exciting goods; Mr. Willis, the stoic hired hand, who "moved as slow as grass growing" and once extracted a tooth from his own mouth with a pair of pliers. Even the animals - Daisy the mare; Sam the loyal dog: the two mules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Like It Was | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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