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Word: newe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Long ago, a New Republic editor, seeking a name for a new column, glanced up from his paper while riding a New York subway and saw the words "Brooklyn Rapid Transit." He reversed the initials; thus TRB. The BRT has vanished; Strout, far from it. While his collected essays do not form a cohesive whole, they shine individually with the glimmer of a cynical idealist. He returns every week, brandishing only his intelligence and wit. But with those tools TRB has earned his royal...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Eight White Houses | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...there are new faces, too, the most important of which belongs to the new head coach Rita Harder. The first woman to coach the team (second-year varsity sports have lots of firsts), Harder played her college hockey at Brown and has since coached women's club hockey in Pawtucket and men's JV hockey at a private high school...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Fischer, Reed Lead Young Icewomen | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...defense has experience and should play tenacious hockey. Co-captain Norton joins Alice Hill as the number-one pairing, and Starr and Anna Jones line up as number two. All four return from last year, although Norton is new to the blueline, and they should prove themselves a stingy quartet--no 17-0 games this year...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Fischer, Reed Lead Young Icewomen | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...film's most effective episodes, Midler draws upon her own experience as an aspiring singer in New York City's gay bars and baths. The rendition of Seger's "The Fire Down Below" with a group of oversized female impersonators shows a rare tolerance and warmth, the same elements so lacking in the lesbian scene...

Author: By Deirdre M. Donahue, | Title: Janis-Faced Rose | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...became obvious when the New England franchise manager described tossed salad as "a well-researched, well-supported concept with a lot of data behind it," and added, "We're very pleased to have salad...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Largest Wendy's Opens in Hub | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

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