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Word: lostness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Freshmen Lisa Harrison and Jackie Corrigan stepped in at the first and second positions, respectively; and although both played well, they lost their matches, Harrison by 3-1 and Corrigan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Win in Opener; Depth Topples Bowdoin, 5-2 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...Ames, as the mother, Amanda Wingfield, bursts as gloriously as the jonquils that send her into raptures. Amanda is a withered Southern belle, ever unquiet about her lost life on the plantation, regaling the tressed-up, padded-bosom, stuck-smile days of her girlhood. Amanda lives in a cocoon of memories, deceiving herself about plans for the future, acting out an existence that is worse than old-fashioned--it is dead. She sparkles beautifully, like a jewelled kinetoscope, cascading through the same wistful images at the drop of a penny-word. Amanda mothers her children, Tom and Laura, with...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: The Smash Menagerie | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Amanda's mood swings precariously from the incomprehension of the distraught mother to the glee of the spooning debutante and Ames swings with her. Frustration and her anger singe the air as she peels her gloves commando-like, strutting lost in her own home, crying "Deception" at her daughter Laura, who has dropped out of secretarial school without posting notice. And her shivering silence after a bitter fight with her dreamer son, Tom, is wonderfully moving...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: The Smash Menagerie | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...yelled a young blond named Susie, tossing an Instamatic to her boyfriend. She fought her way through the crush of oglers around Crane until she was at the candidate's side. Crane was saying something important about the Ayatullah and lack of leadership, but it seemed to be lost on Susie and others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Cattle Show in Florida | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Then, in a spirit that would be cheered by millions of Americans who have dueled with a bank's computer and lost, he listed his demands. The cash would be returned if the bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Take the Money and Dun | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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