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Word: moistly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mulch mixture keeps the seeds moist and warm and also reduces the risk of seed loss in heavy rains, Gray said. He added that the seeds germinate faster in the mulch. The green color is added to help workers distinguish areas already seeded...

Author: By Dayna L. Cunningham, | Title: Harvard Yard Gets Spring Face Lift | 5/4/1979 | See Source »

...this great country-a gentleman who did so much day and night with his inventive mind, with his great learning and knowledge-Cyrus Vance." The guests rose in a prolonged ovation. When the self-effacing Secretary of State finally had the courage to look up, his eyes were moist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: In Celebration of Peace | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...Isserlyn Creme formula is finished off with fragrance so that it all smells nice. The largest single ingredient is-guess what-water. Mixing it with the other ingredients makes the cream moist and smooth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Of Ceteareth-5 and Water | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

SELF-CONSCIOUS. Dirk Bogarde's Herman Hermann watches every move he makes through an invisible movie camera. He's constantly framed by windows, doorways, odd rectangular objects. He poses, preens, acts for us. About to make love to his moist, hefty wife, he makes sure that the door of his room is wide open, glancing down the hall where the camera sits. But he never looks into it. He's too professional. Or maybe it isn't there. Or maybe it is. Or maybe this is a screwy movie...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Imperfect Despair | 11/1/1978 | See Source »

...weather in Montana, all over the wheat belt in fact, has been miraculously moist. Around Circle, Jessie has been cutting 50-bushel-an-acre wheat. Wheat that good bends the stalks and lies close to the ground looking like the matted coat of a golden-haired dog. Heavy wheat is hard to cut, though. The combine has to move slowly, with its cutting head close to the ground. "Ease it up, Roger. Ease it up," radios Jessie to one of his combine drivers. "You're blowing too much grain out of the back." At only $3 a bushel, farmers...

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

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