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Word: handfull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When he came up for auction at a 1975 summer sale of Kentucky yearlings, he was just Hip No. 128, an anonymous colt with an awkward bearing and a slightly skewed front foot. He was gaveled off at the paltry price, by thoroughbred standards, of $17,500, and led away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Seattle Slew Strides Home by Two | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

Many other countries are far worse off than Italy and Britain. The root cause of their problem: soaring oil bills caused by OPEC's quintupled prices. While a small handful of OPEC countries have been amassing a $150 billion balance of payments surplus, the non-oil producing less developed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUTLOOK: A Strong U.S. Leads the Recovery | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

The smooth choreography of the Citizens of Verona and Milan and the alert timing and confident sound of the orchestra provides the back-drop for a demanding variety of song and dance numbers parceled out among a handful of actors. The isolated soliloquies and duologues of Shakespeare's play carry...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Cuanto Me Gusta | 5/11/1977 | See Source »

The performance was of high quality, an impressive effort carried through by a handful of students. I don't know who is responsible, or whom to congratulate: Elizabeth S-Wilderson and Martha Urann, choreographers of yet another piece, Lise Newcomer; artistic director Claire Mallardi; or the dancers from outside the...

Author: By Susan A. Manning, | Title: Imaginative Scaffolding | 5/11/1977 | See Source »

All of which is pleasant news for Colleen McCullough, 39, a neurophysiologist whose youthful ambition to study medicine was blighted by the lack of scholarship funds. This phenomenal shaking of the money tree also underscores the growing trend among once decorous publishers to ape the methods of Broadway and Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shaking the Money Tree | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

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