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Word: lookingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Pillsbury doughboy breathed a heavy sigh on Sunday night. "We killed again," he told reporters after his Red Sox had defeated the Texas Rangers by a score of 3-2. He was relishing in the spectacular comeback of pitcher Mike Torrez, who pitched his best outing since he faced...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Like a Rat Out of a Trap | 7/31/1979 | See Source »

As the week wore on, Carter acted as if a great weight had been lifted off him. Looking out of a White House window on Thursday evening, he spotted some people pressed up against the iron fence along Pennsylvania Avenue. In his shirtsleeves the President went out to see them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carter's Great Purge | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

Even more striking is the book's appeal to antiSemitism. According to Pikul, Rasputin was the tool of "Zionists," who exploited his political influence on the imperial family, paying the monk off with bonds, cash and cases of his favorite Madeira. With backing from Jewish bankers, Rasputin and his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Rasputin Is In | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

Dave (Dennis Christopher) is a gangly, nice-looking blond kid, just out of high school, still living at home and wondering what he ought to do with his life. He is, or should be, about as typical in looks and problems as a teen-ager can be. Except for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cutups | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

Certainly a contender, if not the outright champ, for terminal indecision is Frank Capra's Meet John Doe (1941), starring Gary Cooper. Five endings were shot; at one point, three were previewing simultaneously in different towns. Another classic case was Casablanca. Until the very end, the script remained refreshingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Playing the End Game | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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