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Word: guying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even harder at ABC, determined to put it on top and keep it there. "He's fearful and panicked and fixing and playing, as if he were losing not winning," marvels one friend. A puzzle? Not really. "To Freddie," explains Dann, "it isn't enough to succeed. The other guy has to fail." Silverman says somewhat the same thing, but less bluntly: "I think there is a philosophy that is good no matter what you are doing. That is to always act as if you're in last place. You just shouldn't take success for granted, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man with the Golden Gut | 9/5/1977 | See Source »

...most passers-by simply pass him by. His net for 25 to 30 days of panhandling, spread over the summer: $330. Many people ask him why he doesn't get a job. As far as McCollister is concerned, panhandling was hard work. Says he: "Some guy even took a swing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Begging for His Chance To Go to College | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

...want five minutes alone with the guy. I'd wipe the floor with the guy!" said Jerome Moskowitz, father of Stacy, one of Son of Sam's 13 shooting victims. Added Neysa Moskowitz, mother of the slain girl: "I must see the face of this animal, this beast, this worthless human who took my baby's life. I don't know a death too horrible for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Sam Told Me To Do It... Sam Is the Devil | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...walking down the hall. But I'm not sure he can twist arms or kick butts like he'll have to in order to run a good business." Be that as it may, it is surprising for a Hunt to be suspected of being too nice a guy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Nice Hunt | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...impeachment he writes about--"I impeached myself and exiled myself, removing myself from friends, family, and all the world, committing multiple ax murders and suicide all at the same time." And in the next paragraph Mee finally meets Haldeman, who of course turns out to be a nice guy--in fact "one of the great flat-out bores of our times...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Dealing With History | 8/16/1977 | See Source »

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