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Word: litters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...joke. There was a traffic jam at the canal that stretched back for miles. Tanks, trucks and vans of every description-many with ON TO CAIRO scrawled on their sides-waited their turn to cross the bridges. The western bank was swarming with men and machines. The litter of blackened tanks and trucks of both ar mies and the stench of rotting corpses in the canal attested to the fierceness of the battle that had produced this new "bulge" in Egypt. We were soon speeding away from the bridgehead on a route that was to bring us directly into contact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EYEWITNESSES: Reports from the Cease-Fire Fronts | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

...McDonald's is the biggest source of containers and napkins discarded from cars. Within one to three miles of the local McDonald's is a trail of litter imposed upon the beauty and ecology of our countryside, another example of "free enterprise" at the expense of society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 8, 1973 | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

COLUMBIA-BUCKNELL--The Lions couldn't claw their way out of a box of kitty litter. Bucknell 24, Columbia...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 9/29/1973 | See Source »

...says "Yes, sir" to hotel clerks, picks litter off the sidewalk, and neither drinks nor smokes. As for his music, says Mary Travers, late of Peter, Paul and Mary, the group that had a Top Ten hit in 1969 with Denver's Leaving on a Jet Plane: "His songs are simple and hopeful. He is a very personal, conversational singer, and he has a gee-whizzy kind of humor-which is refreshing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Tom Sawyer of Rock | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...Lethal Litter. Hardy has found FeLV in cat blood, saliva and urine; he believes that the animals may spread the virus through their fighting and mating habits, which involve biting, and their grooming practices, which include using their tongues for bathing themselves and their companions. But he also believes that litter boxes are a possible source of the lethal disease. He points out that while many cat owners keep more than one cat, few have more than one box for their animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Clue from the Cat | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

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