Word: odd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that you suffer from acute dyspepsia," said Holmes, as he ushered our guest to a chair. "I see further that you have not slept in two days, do a lot of praying at odd hours, and have been experiencing great difficulty with a tape recorder...
...were still forming at gas stations in many major cities, prompting some dealers to require their customers to telephone for appointments at the pump. In Oregon, a voluntary gasoline rationing plan began. Motorists with license plates ending in even numbers will buy gasoline on even-numbered dates; those with odd numbers will buy on odd-numbered dates...
Despite the economic advantages of unification, Tunisia and Libya are otherwise so incompatible that observers jokingly referred to them as "the odd couple." Tunisia has been influenced by the West since Roman times-most recently as a French protectorate (1883-1956) -and has a sophisticated and urbanized middle and upper class. Bourguiba, 70, was educated in French schools and has tried to modernize Tunisia by welcoming Western investors. As long ago as 1965, he called for recognition of Israel. He abrogated many strict Islamic laws, banning polygamy and urging his people to ignore the dawn-to-dusk fast during...
Engagingly enough, the first new bestselling work of fiction in the U.S. for the new year of 1974 turns out to be a fine, small, odd book set in a Canadian Indian village. It was written more than eight years ago, and considering the delay, one might assume that the manuscript, scribbled by some tribal chieftain, had perhaps moldered under a totem pole until discovered by a nosy anthropologist or Royal Canadian Mountie. Not so. The author is an energetic, white-haired American woman, now 72, named Margaret Craven. The history of her book, from benign neglect to some national...
...elevator operator in Gary, Ind., in 1946 Dewhurst entered New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. A year later, she married Fellow Student Jim Vickery, and for the next dozen years lived with him in a series of cold-water flats, supporting herself with bit parts and odd jobs. At one point she had to turn down a major role when Director Joseph Papp, who had only heard about her, asked her to read for Juliet. "Oh, Mr. Papp," Dewhurst told him on the telephone, "you haven't seen me yet. I couldn't play Juliet...