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Word: guying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...know why President Carter chose Bert Lance as budget director and has such confidence in him. Anybody who can juggle his personal finances the way Mr. Lance has had to do obviously was ready for bigger things. The guy is a magician-just the quality we need to balance the federal budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 19, 1977 | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

Philadelphia: Tough-Guy Style A federal grand jury last week indicted three Philadelphia policemen for violating the civil rights of Machinist Edgardo Ortiz, 26. One night last June, according to eyewitnesses, the cops rapped on Ortiz's glass front door and demanded to question him about a report of a family disturbance. When Ortiz angrily protested, they smashed through the glass and pummeled him with fists and clubs in the presence of his wife and three-year-old daughter. Next, neighbors reported, the cops tossed Ortiz through a window, handcuffed him and threw him into a police van. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Police Story: Two Hard Towns | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

Then he told me 'bout the defense line, with the two All-Ivies, Baggot and Kaye. Bob Baggot, the crazy dude from California on the weak end, Charley Kaye, the big guy in the middle. He told me about Russ Savage, second-team All-Ivy and underrated, and Steve Kaseta, captain and no slouch himself...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: I've Got A Secret (Or) Say It Ain't So, Joe | 9/16/1977 | See Source »

...next passed right by the offensive line with hardly a sound. Maybe he didn't want to say nuthin', but he didn't have to, 'cuz even I knew that Bruce McKinnon and Mike Clark were back, which is two more guys than was back in '76, and even Rod Carew, you know, the baseball guy, would take two for five and not hassle...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: I've Got A Secret (Or) Say It Ain't So, Joe | 9/16/1977 | See Source »

That Joe, he's an inventive one, alright. Nuthin' strightforward bout him. Gotta be different, a real devious sort, who doesn't say what he thinks nor thinks what he says. The kinda guy who gives you the once-over when he shakes you hand--and what a handshake it is--while all the time sizin' you up, as if you was the opposition or somethin'. Nah, he'd never admit it, but he's got it made this year...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: I've Got A Secret (Or) Say It Ain't So, Joe | 9/16/1977 | See Source »

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