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Word: meek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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With two gone in the last inning, and the Crime sitting atop a 22-2 lead, Crimson rookie McDonald Wade coaxed Bok in a rundown. Meek D. Dake '73 led the procession of happy Crimeds as he crossed the plate for the final run just before Wade was caught sliding back to first...

Author: By Alonzo Stagg, | Title: Old Man Is Sea of Trouble to Box Jox | 5/14/1973 | See Source »

Lavender Hill Mob. One of the funniest of British black comedies. Alec Guinness plays a meek employee of the Bank of England hatching a perfect plot to make off with a fortune. Watch for the Eiffel tower scene, the shadow puppets, and the riotous chase through the police academy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 3/22/1973 | See Source »

...course," said the President, "the party makes meek eyes, in an effort to please and not scare anyone" -so much so that Frenchmen really do not believe that the Communists would dare to seize power in France. "Yet did you believe that Prussia and Saxony in 1945 and Czechoslovakia in 1948 would become Communist states? Nonetheless, Communist regimes were installed there and remain very solidly entrenched." Pompidou hinted that a leftist win would plunge France into a repetition of the massive civil disorders of 1968 that led frightened French voters into re-electing the Gaullists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Between Us and Chaos | 2/26/1973 | See Source »

...wears what most of the other girls wear, a light blouse, a dark skirt in the knees, and the company-issue green rubber thougs. Some days she makes a meek gesture of individuality and wears her yellow T-shirt with a smile emblem across the chest, and the English words "Love and Peace" below...

Author: By Thomas H. Lee jr., | Title: 'Welcome to the Republic of China' | 1/9/1973 | See Source »

...intrepid team, led by Captain Deac "Not Meek" Dake, trouped through the downpour to their traditional battleground behind the Stadium. Arriving promptly at the ordained 9 a.m. rumble time, the Crime warriors posed for the team portrait shown above...

Author: By Ward Cosell, | Title: Jox Pull No Show in Crime Rematch | 10/10/1972 | See Source »

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