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Word: instruments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...endangered species--traditionally corralled by the Faculty and hunted down by the administration. Yet he may find that in 1978 his worst enemy is a sleepy student body. For unless we are smart and decisive, the "new, improved" Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR) could become the instrument of his extinction...

Author: By William A. Schwartz, | Title: Continuing Revolution: A Critical View of the CRR Reforms | 1/18/1978 | See Source »

...instrument panel starts acting up, and the saucer shines a blinding light on the truck. The curious electrician pokes his head out the window and tries to focus his eyes on the UFO, but he is cowed by the light. Suddenly, the electrician's facial expressions seem to indicate that the alien beings inside the saucer are communicating with him telepathically, probably trying to force the innocent earthling to commit some dastardly deed for the invaders...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: A Close Encounter of an Overblown Kind | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...given Israel many instruments of war. But Anwar Sadat has given it an instrument like no other-his heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1977 | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...program of "Music from Outer Space-a Star Wars Concert," was the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under Zubin Mehta, playing excerpts from Gustav Hoist's The Planets and Richard Strauss's Thus Spake Zarathustra, better known as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey. For special effects, each instrument stand in the orchestra had been hooked up to a microphone controlled by sound engineers, and stabbing rays of laser light began crisscrossing the bowl. As the music changed in intensity, the laser beams changed in shape. Said an exuberant Zubin: "This was an adventure. I wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 5, 1977 | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

Khan plays the been, the oldest classical string instrument on the Indian subcontinent, and Gopaldas plays the pukhawaj, a barrel drum that is India's most ancient percussion instrument...

Author: By Marc L. Baum, | Title: Musician Plays Ancient Songs | 11/22/1977 | See Source »

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