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Word: lees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cutting down the weight of cars, designing lean-burning, "stratified-charge" engines and developing electronic ignition systems that fire spark plugs at precisely the right time in the engine cycle. Last week the Ford Motor Co. revealed that it had developed still another way of saving gas. Ford President Lee lacocca announced that within two years, his company will offer six-cylinder vans and light trucks equipped with a device that will automatically shut off fuel to three of the engine's cylinders when the vehicle reaches cruising speed. Ford's better idea will cut gas consumption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ford's Better Idea | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

Shortly thereafter, Lee Nelson got tangled up with an opponent, broke free with the ball, and fed it downfield to Harvard's big gun, co-captain Lyman Bullard. An official broke up the play, calling the ball back for a Crimson free kick. The official thought even less of Nelson's comments than he thought of the play, and sent the Crimson booter off the field to join Bowyer in exile...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Wesleyan Edges Crimson Booters, 2-1 | 10/1/1976 | See Source »

...area. They bring in the classic and the esoteric landmarks in cinema and Thursdays and Sundays the best place to be in Cambridge is in one of their long pews. Tonight they will run John Ford's autumn masterpiece The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin) at 7:30. Sunday night they will run Von Stroheim's chopped up but still incomparable Greed. There are those who think it is the greatest movie ever made. Or would have been if the front office hadn't gotten its hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: film | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

...were expecting a crush, and it didn't happen," Eric Lee, a Coop book department worker said. "It was a lot busier here the first day that Tufts started than it was today...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: First Day Back at the Coop: Jumbo Rebate, Big Book Buy | 9/28/1976 | See Source »

...size of the pre-dinner crowd--lounging in the aisles, discussing courses, and waiting on lines both real and imaginary--failed to support Lee's earlier contention...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: First Day Back at the Coop: Jumbo Rebate, Big Book Buy | 9/28/1976 | See Source »

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