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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Boston police will seal off large sections of the city in the early morning hours of October 1, the day of the Pope's visit.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Battens Down For Followers of Pope | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

Among the throng expected to see the Pope will be many Cambridge employees; the council voted last night to close City Hall and other administrative offices Monday and give workers the day off.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Battens Down For Followers of Pope | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

Faced with the prospect of a winter with expensive heating oil in short supply, the Cambridge City Council last night approved a series of emergency measures designed to stave off the cold for the city's poor.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council Votes Emergency Aid for Fuel Shortages | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

It's as though someone placed a tape recorder under director Terry Jones' pillow that repeated over and over, while he slept, "I will NOT do anything too outrageous." Except for a brief sequence in which an animated spaceship picks up Graham Chapman in the middle of a 100-yard...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Monty Python's Flying Surplice | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

That's about it. The irreverence is not very sharp and not very frequent. One wonders why all the rabbinical groups are up in arms--only a few jokes about big noses and one very funny stoning scene would stir the yarmulke off the most orthodox Jew's head. More...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Monty Python's Flying Surplice | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

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