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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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At about 10 a.m. a major REMVEC transmission line failed in Connecticut while one half-hour later, one of Boston Edison's generating units in Everett "tripped" itself off during a test, Harprey said.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Power Outage Hits the State; 400,000 Lose Electricity; Officials Blame Hot Weather | 7/31/1979 | See Source »

Which is odd, since Langella looks as if he's been preening before one for the last 20 years. For Langella, Dracula is a haunted lover, a slave to his lust. He brings off the concept, while Richter and Badham whip up blood squalls around him. But the performance is...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Staking the Wild Vampire | 7/31/1979 | See Source »

The declaration of war was one of those "comic" greeting cards. Over the years, the war escalated. Sam Matar, a car dealer in Monterey, Calif., shipped off 25 such cards to his brother John, making fun of John's being seven years older. Sam got back 50 cards making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Happy Birthday! | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

An ounce of marijuana used to cost $5 in Marlow, Okla., and when police were trying to catch a dealer, they just dipped into their own pockets to make the buy. Like everything else, the price of grass is growing. It is $30 an ounce these days, and that is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Support Your Local Police | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

Dire Straits: Communiqué (Warner Bros.) and The Cars: Candy-O (Elektra) are two follow-ups to albums that were large -and largely surprise-hits some months back. Both offer again pretty much the same bill of fare, without the single tune that snags your ear straight off and streamlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POP: Sounds in a Summer Groove | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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