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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film, director and co-screenwriter James Bridges tells three separate stories for the rest of the film. Godell tries to unscramble the reasons for the near-catastrophe. Wells's boss kills her story, and locks the film in the vault, but she keeps trying--unsuccessfully--to convince him to let her do hard news. Adams, meanwhile, steals the film to figure out what really happened at the plant and get the story out. As in any good thriller, these three stories become increasingly intertwined and finally come together in the film's roaring climax...

Author: By David B. Hilder, | Title: Countdown To Meltdown... | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...been for the superlative performance of B.U. forward Nancy Kilik, that "somebody" would have been the Terriers. Kilik scored all four B.U. goals, two of them shorthanded, and seemed the only player who could rise above, let alone equal, the strong team effort of the icewomen...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icewomen Lose Beanpot Consols, 4-1 | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...Let's talk squash. Sure, I know the season has been over for nearly a month, but it's only March 19 and technically there are still two days left in the winter season. Besides, with Princeton once again copping the national title, Harvard men's squash enthusiasts have some serious things to think about in the off-season...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Ivy League Squash: Why Are the Tigers Winning? | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...that is Lake Superior. In 1975 the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald, eulogized by Singer Gordon Lightfoot, was heading for shelter in the bay through a November gale when she sank with a crew of 29. In real winter, which in these parts begins in late December and does not let up until April, Superior's blasts drive ice down the bay in windrowed slabs, like giant serving dishes stacked in a sink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Great Lakes: A Mackinaw Dance for U.S. Steel | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...Begin, who gave him a warm embrace. Said Carter: "I have good reason to hope that the goal can now be reached. I look forward to completing the urgent business at hand on this brief visit." The carefully chosen words were more optimistic, however, than the actual situation. Carter let it be known that he was willing to delay his return home for a day or two, and that Secretary of State Cyrus Vance planned to remain in the Middle East still longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Final, Extra Mile | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

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