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Word: jollyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The jolly green dwarfs from up north will do anything to win a football game.

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Dartmouth Parody of Crimson Evokes Boredom, Fools None | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

If the people behind Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? were really smart, they would have handed the whole film over to Morley. Unfortunately, they use the actor as an appetizer rather than the main course. About half an hour after the picture begins, Morley surrenders center stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Slow Boil | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

Otherwise, the salvaging was going smoothly, 40 miles off the coast of Florida, until the state government ran up the Jolly Roger and demanded the loot. It seized $1.5 million worth of treasure, including a rare astrolabic instrument worth $500,000 and some 1,800 silver coins. In 1975, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: Finders Keepers | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

'Twas the season to be jolly for Bart and Evelyn Brizzolara of Evergreen Park, Ill. While other families in the Chicago suburb celebrated the Fourth of July by waving flags or lighting firecrackers, the Brizzolaras brought up their cartons of Christmas decorations from the basement, hung an evergreen wreath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Fa-la-la-la-la.. . | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

Sure, growing and selling in Europe is considerably easier than in the Third World. But there are those who say that if an American company can induce farmers in France to grow Yankee corn, it can jolly well do anything.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: Thought for Food | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

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