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Word: mouths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...work day was over, watching the tankers on New Haven Harbor turn slowly into black bugs as the sun went down behind Fisher's Island, while the man beside me, previously known to me only as a loquacious idiot, stood for half an hour stock-still with his mouth shut...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: Shove It Up Your Nose | 11/9/1974 | See Source »

Sloppy and unsettled passing characterized the level of play in the first half. Neither team produced any good scoring threat though the Jumbos did score midway through the half in a free-for-all at the goal mouth...

Author: By Charles Coolidge, | Title: Spirited Frosh Soccer Squad Outplays Tufts But Loses, 2-1 | 11/7/1974 | See Source »

...There is no shortage of examples to finger--movies like Carnal Knowledge or Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, which have thrown both concerns together on the set, only to have them slug it out until one of them stands triumphant with its foot in the other's mouth...

Author: By Barbara Fried, | Title: Out of Focus | 11/4/1974 | See Source »

...Troisgros in Roanne, 240 miles southeast of Paris, became a shrine for gourmets who came to sample his food and prejudices. "From 35 to 45, women are old," Troisgros once said. "Then the devil takes over and they're beautiful, splendid, maternal, proud ... When I see them my mouth waters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 4, 1974 | 11/4/1974 | See Source »

...true spirit of writing "anything," she expressed her desire for all of the boys in the class to jump in the lake. I didn't let anybody know about Rita, but ripples of rumor turned into waves of discontent: "I wish Rita with/her fat self shut her/garbage mouth and/turn into a fat white rat." Now I attempted to curb this bickering with a wish poem containing a color and a T.V. show. Most of these kids spend a lot of time watching television; some of them are allowed to stay up late because their parents just don't care. Here...

Author: By Gregory F. Lawless, | Title: Among School Children | 10/31/1974 | See Source »

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