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Word: mouths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House aide suggested that a Nixon statement may not be imminent. Said he: "The President has only got so many bullets to fire," and his previous public pronouncements have been "costly" in their impact on the President's prestige. Said the aide: "Every time he opens his mouth, he's risking rebuttal from a witness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONSTITUTION: Battle Over Presidential Power | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

...Havanas at the shoot-out killings of each of his sworn enemies. In Sergant Friday-monotone, he relates in voice-over the location and date of each shooting. He personally (with hundreds of cops standing behind him) shoots his victims with a lighted cigar hanging from his mouth. The cigar goes out once, and Purvis' sidekick lieutant runs to relight it to satisfy his fetish. This is the significance of the line "Don't shoot Dillinger until you see me light my cigar...

Author: By Tina Sutton, | Title: Dillinger Dies a Dummy | 8/2/1973 | See Source »

...McGraw, the new gun molls of the '70s (Eecch!). Her acting regrettably takes faithfully after Ali McGraw's (as if the Real McGraw isn't enough). Though not quite as smug, Phillips has the same simpering voice and snotty facial mannerisms that have made Quick-Draw McGraw's twitching mouth and flaring nostrils so unjustly famous. One thing for Phillips, though--she sure can scream...

Author: By Tina Sutton, | Title: Dillinger Dies a Dummy | 8/2/1973 | See Source »

...well have received a warm reception at the hands of the Israeli-hating Iraqis, but Basra's airport was too small to allow the jumbo jet to land. Finally, the plane landed at Dubai, one of seven tiny states that make up the United Arab Emirates, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Dubai's airport, a handsome, recently built concoction of glass and concrete, is the newest and largest in the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISM: The Skyjackers Strike Again | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

During one game earlier this season the racial baiting by a few Atlanta fans was so bad that Aaron shouted back: "I'm coming up there to kick your butt in if you don't shut your rotten mouth." Though the worst of his hate mail is kept from him, the black outfielder is aware of the resentment against him for "infringing on a white man's record." Says he: "What am I supposed to do? Stop trying to hit home runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Quest for No. 715 | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

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