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Word: huffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...separately with network correspondents. The interviews contained his first threat to try the hostages for espionage, and showed how the Iranians manage the news. Playing the ratings game, they reneged on a promised exclusive to the Public Broadcasting Service's Robert MacNeil, who left Iran in a huff after waiting in vain for two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Tehran's Reluctant Diplomats | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Finally, Navratila had had enough. "This tournament is the pits," she shouted. "No food, no balls, planes coming all the time...." She gave an indignant huff and picked up her racket, while Scanlon twirled his nonchalantly. "We're The Match That Bill Talbert (Tournament Director) Forgot," he said with a wry smile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Open Season | 9/18/1979 | See Source »

...totally by surprise. Down the stairs he rolled, limb over limb, flailing and silent; the desk mashed his head against a corner of the wooden rail, ripped his expensive IZOD shirt. A docksider moccasin flew off his foot. Bleeding from the mouth, he pulled himself up in a huff. He fetched his docksider and put it back...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Of Wolves and Men | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...week, the networks counted their gains and losses, only to find that, as in a World War I battle, hardly any real estate had changed hands. All three were almost exactly where they had been on Feb. 1. ABC's position is so strong that the competition can huff and puff and threaten to blow its house down with expensive movies and miniseries, but for the foreseeable future it is likely to stay where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chaos in Television | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...makes a knowledgeable remark about the vicissitudes of the Baltimore Colts. c) She extracts from her ice cream dish a fragment of broken glass brought along for just this purpose. She and her companion complain loudly about foreign objects in the food, and both exit in a huff, leaving the check unpaid on the table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's New Manners | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

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