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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Doesn't it bother you that this country--that and you and I--are being absolutely ridiculed? What kind of knee-jerk liberal junk is it to lay down and let the world disrespect you publicly...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Color of Their Brains | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...wanna get pissed and let her know...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Color of Their Brains | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...read his poetry--Reza Berahini... and a mob of Iranian students delayed the lecture for hours. There was a bomb threat. The Americans were scared. The Iranians said Berahini was a CIA agent. Yet he was an anti-Shah poet--he spent years in jail. So finally, Chomsky let one of the students speak at the podium, and the student waxes hot-faced and apologizes to the crowd for the disturbance. He says he is sorry for what he has to say, and he reads a poem by Berahini which has the words "shit" and "fuck" in it. He says...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Color of Their Brains | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...lives are innocent," he thundered back, angry now beyond his words. "Being alive means being responsible for everything you do, everything you let happen... by everything you choose to ignore or laugh...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Color of Their Brains | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson retaliated minutes later. Dave Burke, who played by far his most impressive game of the campaign, raced the length of the ice with the puck and let go from ten feet. In the ensuing scramble for position. Tom Murray poked it home to knot the game...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Overtime Goal Lifts Icemen Over B.U. | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

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