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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always been, glorying in the strength and goodness of the American people. Says he: "I used to fantasize what it would be like if everyone in Government would quietly slip away and close the doors and disappear. See how long it would take the people of this country to miss them. I think that life would go on, and the people would keep right on doing the things they are doing, and we would get along a lot better than we think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: If You Don't Dance | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...near-miss by sophomore Chris Papagianis early in the fourth period was the closest the Crimson came to a goal in regulation play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters Salvage Unbeaten Season | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...first bid for elective office, Brown, 45, breached Kentucky custom by hugging and kissing his wife, the irrepressible Phyllis George, 30, in public at every opportunity. She was Miss America in 1971 and went on to become a TV celebrity. In the campaign, she put her media training to expert use to help her husband. When the cameras appeared at a gathering in Lexington, she instructed campaign workers: "Smile, people. Let's see some teeth. This is show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Let's See Some Teeth | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Kingsberg also had difficulty adapting to the fullback's preventive role. "A forward gets to do something positive by scoring but a fullback can only do something wrong. It's more of a failure to let a goal go through than to miss a shot," she says...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Changing With the Seasons | 11/15/1979 | See Source »

...should start by admitting that I don't recall Cambridge with particular affection. I miss the orange juice and the wonderful libraries and a few paintings in the Fogg and I certainly miss the New England countryside. But as an experience, as a way to pass four years. Harvard is over-estimated. It is no doubt the greatest university in the world in many respects, and certainly extraordinarily efficient at grinding out hard-working professionals. But at a basic human level Harvard is sadly devoid of charm or style. Students there are mostly uptight, immature and inarticulate...

Author: By Philip Swan, | Title: The Sad State of Arts at Harvard | 11/15/1979 | See Source »

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