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Word: martha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...between two Balanchine masterpieces, Concerto Barocco and Symphony in C. Those ballets were brutal competition for the new work, which nonetheless won the crowd with its buoyancy and élan. Rossini once said that all kinds of music are good except the boring kind. That goes for ballet too. - Martha Duffy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Stepping Up to Paradise | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

McDonald's Corp. spent years looking for a suitable location from which to put the bite on summer visitors to Martha's Vineyard. When the hamburger chain finally found a scenic waterside site, executives promised a dignified New England façade-no Golden Arches. But Vineyarders, who have fought successfully in the past against traffic lights, shopping centers and jet planes, mounted a sizzling attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Arch Enemies | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...have dreaded." Last week the Vineyard Haven health board refused to issue a septic tank permit to the company. McDonald's retreated, for the moment at least. Said Jack Ochtera, the company's real estate manager for New England: "No one needs the aggravation of a Martha's Vineyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Arch Enemies | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

They maintain, nevertheless, that economic diversity in the student body will be maintained. Martha C. Lyman, director of financial aid, said this week she expects her office will be able to assist students in the same way as in recent years...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Next Year: Through the Roof | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

There he works, in conjunction with a team of psychologists, in a "big brother" type program with a fatherless nine-year-old from the Martha Eliot Housing Project in Jamaica Plains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Star Mack is Back | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

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