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Word: locked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gathering silence was shattered suddenly by a gaggle of screaming groupies who had rushed past the heavy guard at the cabaret door in order to get a glimpse of the Man Who Gets No Respect, perhaps to steal a furtive kiss, a lock of hair...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: NO RESPECT | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

...with Caligula and to understand the magnitude of his misery--the torture that drives an individual to such sadism. But Martinez delivers the lines in a flip, spiteful tone--not at all imploringly or sensitively--and, as a result, another numeral of the combination to the play's thematic lock fails to click with the audience...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Tripping Through Tragedy | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

...Clifford and Steve Baloff are slated for duty in next Wednesday's big doubleheader against Yale. The Crimson seems to have a lock on an Eastern playoff spot if it can win at least five of its six remaining league games...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Batsmen Trounce Eagles, 9-7 | 5/2/1978 | See Source »

That's what happens when one of the starting pitchers is a security guard who likes to lock things up early and then coast home. Baseball purists would have found it a thing of beauty, but the Huskies found it downright alarming...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Clifford Handcuffs Huskies, 4-0 | 4/19/1978 | See Source »

...materials used in P-4 experiments will be moved into the glove boxes through an air lock. Everything that leaves will pass through a steam sterilizer and a disinfectant bath; the very air in the boxes will flow through an incinerator before it is vented outside. Even if an altered organism escapes, it should pose no threat. All P-4 experiments must be conducted with a weakened strain of E. coli that cannot survive outside the special conditions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Leakproof Lab | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

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