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Word: hails (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Waving a six-inch stogie as he growled his prepared notes, Auerbach said all foreign service officers hail from the Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts, Georgetown "or some such place where they learn which fork to use and what to say and how to kiss rear ends...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Red Auerbach Touts Hoop Diplomacy | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

When a Southern Airways DC-9 crashed in rain and hail near New Hope, Ga., in 1977, Flight Attendant Sandy Purl was not among the 70 dead. But she came to wish she had been. Hospitalized and sedated for shock, Purl would leap from her bed each night shouting, "Grab your ankles!" and try to force other patients into the classic precrash body position. A year later, she was still overcome with guilt that she had survived and her passengers died. One recurrent fantasy was that her arms and legs were gone. Says Purl: "I thought maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Facing the Fear of Flying | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...Hail nevertheless feels that his rights as a Harvard student outweigh Garry's desire for "realism...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: All in the Family | 10/5/1979 | See Source »

...this point the controversy remains unresolved, plaguing the participants with feelings of self-doubt, guilt, anxiety and resentment. Hail refused to re-read for the part of Jo; Garry cast his play without him and has rehearsals fully underway...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: All in the Family | 10/5/1979 | See Source »

Over dinner one night, Hail discussed the incident with a white student who didn't understand why he was so upset...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: All in the Family | 10/5/1979 | See Source »

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