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Word: gulps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...takes a second gulp and passes Corky the bottle. "Here, have a hit. You look half asleep...

Author: By Robert L. Ullman, | Title: Clotheslines and Leather | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

...white dot in the sky, hanging and helpless, dead. But it takes on a strange power, that ball, for it sucks everything in. The cloud rushes into it like the tiny capsule that once spewed out the universe and wants it all back, and takes it, in one horrible gulp, one awesome moment. An explosion of silence...

Author: By Timothy Carlson and Richard Turner, S | Title: How the World Ended | 10/24/1975 | See Source »

...Americans. The Bartlett party, which made occasional rest stops to gulp Gatorade, quickly learned that the Russians were not enthusiastic about the visit. When the Senator approached a barracks ship housing at least 200 Russians, a Soviet sailor refused to let him aboard. Later the party was barred from visiting the two radio stations. Explained Colonel Ahmed Suleiman, head of the security service: "Please understand that if it were up to me, I would let you in. But the Russians say, 'No Americans,' and the facility was built with their money." In the meantime, a U.S. technician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOMALIA: The Russians on Africa's Horn | 7/21/1975 | See Source »

...crew of the submarine are an unappealing lot. They are first encountered at their home port, St.-Nazaire, in Occupied France, taking a final orgiastic gulp of life before setting out on Atlantic patrol. The time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plumbers of the Deep | 6/2/1975 | See Source »

...least 36 states, including eight of the ten most populous. Democrats also gained control of eight additional state legislatures, upping their total to 36. No wonder that when one top adviser to President Gerald Ford was asked for his reaction to the election results, his response was to gulp down a bicarbonate of soda. Two other White House aides tried to come up with some heartening words for reporters, then glumly agreed on the obvious: "Just say that we took a beating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '74: Democrats: Now the Morning After | 11/18/1974 | See Source »

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