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Word: mering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Third and fourth singles became mere formalities after several exciting points during warm-ups. Abby Meiselman dissected Karen Santanielo's backcourt game for a 6-0, 6-3 win at number three while fourth singles player Debbie Kalish embarrassed Allison Ettinger...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Racquetwomen Win Easily | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

...their confusion just shows more than anybody else's--they're supposed to understand. But the public today hears only conflicting reports--"We're sailing in uncharted waters," "This is unexplored territory," and a growing fear that the 50th anniversary of the 1929 disaster may be more than a mere commemoration...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Riding the Volckerwagen | 10/24/1979 | See Source »

...prize at the end of the obstacle course was a mere 879 delegates. These plus another 838 officials and appointees will vote in next month's straw poll. Since nearly all of these delegates are almost certain to be for Carter, the President is the odds-on favorite to wind up with votes to spare in November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Premature Poll | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

Alas, Fassbinder is doing more than mere fooling around. Increasingly, he seems to be the '70s heir to such past camp masters as the '50s Hollywood director Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession) and the '60s Warhol disciple Paul Morrissey (Flesh). But unlike his predecessors, Fassbinder does not recognize the limits of the form. Camp is fine for movies that want to trade exclusively in offbeat humor and florid emotions. In Maria Braun, Fassbinder makes the serious mistake of try ing to convey ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: High Camp | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

Removing the mystique of a meaningful, message-laden blueprint leaves a mere bunch of letters--letters as alphabetical characters, letters as missives; Barth gleefully invests his puns with more significance than they deserve...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Return To Sender | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

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