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Word: minuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...legislation he put forward last year in response to his own declaration of a "moral equivalent of war" actually called for the continued regulation of gas prices, whereas the final version is a complex formula for gradual deregulation by 1985. Even its supporters gave it a grade of C minus; opponents flunk it outright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: We're Taking Control | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

Processed turkey, processed ham, processed cheese, iceberg lettuce, cole slaw and mayonnaise. Toothpicks hold all this between 3 slices of white bread minus crusts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: A Guide to American Restaurant Menus | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...even if I take my percentage minus Harvard games, I'm still 1-and-2, which is to say a .333 percentage, which is to say I'd be about 12 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays if I were in the AL East...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Dear Savoir-Faire | 9/30/1978 | See Source »

McDaniel taught the Classics at Harvard from 1899 to 1901, and once gave Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 a mark of D-minus in a Latin course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W.B. McDaniel, Oldest Alumnus, Dies at 107 | 9/22/1978 | See Source »

...wild living, the boys mostly work long hours (when it doesn't rain), eat quickly, sleep a lot and save their money, a practice made easier by the fact that the Smalls, like most employers, pay off at the end of the season in one lump sum (minus small advances given along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Montana: Rolling North with the Wheaties | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

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