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Word: meats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Seattle Slew wins the Triple Crown, I'll shoot the first person who nominates it (note IT, not HIM) for athlete of the Year. Anymore glorification of horses and we'll be eating human rather than horse meat at our friendly fast-food dispensers. By the way, don't bet on Seattle Slew in the Belmont Stakes. Rumor has it that the odds are going to be so low that if Slew wins, the bettor pays the track...

Author: By Sandy Cardin, | Title: Of Shoes, and Ships, and Sealing Wax | 5/24/1977 | See Source »

...Cuban advisers. They hope to whip enough "volunteers" into fighting trim to begin marching north in June before the onset of the rainy season. Griggs reports that long convoys are rolling through Addis Ababa carrying young recruits to a fetid training camp named Siga Meda, or "field of meat," west of the capital. It was formerly used for slaughtering goats, sheep and cattle for market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: A Despot at War On All Fronts | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

...served such an abundance of fruits and vegetables that they eat only the choicest parts and toss away the rest - just as, the Lindberghs say, they would do in the jungle. Scott and Alika have found that many of the monkeys - normally vegetarian - turn omnivorous in captivity, needing meat to survive the colder weather and the drastically reduced range of foods in winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Fond Monkey Business in France | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

...Period of Transition leans toward streetgritty rhythm and blues, and Morrison is backed up by New Orleans Gumbo Rocker Mac ("Dr. John") Rebennack, who is the album's keyboard player and coproducer. Somewhat weakened by repetitiveness (one bit of business is repeated 38 times), the record has little meat but plenty of motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tops in Pops | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

...Chicago union boss by taking him out to sea in a powerboat, slitting his throat, chopping up his body and feeding the pieces to the sharks. The FBI intervened. Another FBI wiretap overheard Torello telling how he had hung William Jackson, a 350-lb. loan shark, on a meat hook and tortured him with an electric prod. "He was on that thing three days before he croaked," Torello said excitedly. "He was floppin' around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE MAFIA Big, Bad and Booming | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

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