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Word: honorable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Ali lost, Wilde was reminded of another defeat he had witnessed: "It brought back memories of the Foreign Legion leaving Viet Nam in 1954 in tanks and the conquering Viet Minh coming in on foot." Adds Wilde: "Ali was too old. He bled, but he left with honor. He's got that quality of the immortals that fought in Troy. He's an Ajax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 27, 1978 | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

Broumas said yesterday she was pleased to accept the honor and added, "It is very important that Ivy League institutions acknowledge the fact that they have a large lesbian population. We aren't just, as people like to believe, in the world of the lower classes; we are everywhere...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Radcliffe Lesbians to Convene All-Ivy Conference at Harvard | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

...blue-collar Wilkes-Barre, Pa., there is a Daniel J. Flood Elementary School. Close by are a Daniel J. Flood Industrial Park, a Daniel J. Flood Rural Health Center and a Daniel J. Flood Elderly Center. All were named in honor of a theatrically flamboyant Representative who struts around Congress like a peacock. He slicks down his hair with stickum, sports a villainous-looking waxed mustache and favors wildly eccentric clothes-velveteen suits, ruffled shirts, patent-leather shoes and satin-lined capes. But despite his outlandish appearance, Dapper Dan Flood, 74, has amassed immense power in his 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Dapper Dan's Toughest Scene | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...years of age and a stocky 215 Ibs., was doing in an Albuquerque Aardvarks B team uniform, facing the Cardinal Newman Old Boys Rugby Club of Buenos Aires. Panting, mostly. Final score: Old Boys 11, Aardvarks 0. "I know the game; I played it for 14 years," gasped his honor at half time. "But I haven't played for the last six." Ah, the perfect host...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 20, 1978 | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...outside this week with Cobham and DeJohnette, you can tune yourself back in on Sunday. It has been a great honor...

Author: By Scott A. Kripke, | Title: Hot Jazz on the Cob and an Outside Drummer | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

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