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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Six years after Lyndon Baines Johnson's death, Widow Lady Bird, 66, has decided to sell 2,353 acres that the 36th President bought to enlarge the ranch, now a national historic site, where he lies buried. "I'm trying to shave off as many obligations, duties and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: On the Record | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

Was this Wimbledon, or something dreamed up by an OPEC entrepreneur? Not only was the price of strawberries and cream up sharply, from $1.20 to $1.65, but a glass of champagne cost $3.30, a dollar more than last year. To top it all off, an unseeded but well-endowed Californian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wimbledon: Game, Set, Out! | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

He certainly seemed charged up on Saturday, but not quite enough. With more than 15,000 spectators jamming Center Court, Tanner played superbly before Borg won in five sets, 6-7, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. His gambling power game kept Borg off balance, and his thunderball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wimbledon: Game, Set, Out! | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

The match turned in the fourth game of the fourth set, when Borg staved off four game points and broke service to take a 3-1 lead. Borg broke Tanner again in the opening game of the last set, then fought off three break points in the next game to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wimbledon: Game, Set, Out! | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

Many in the press and the legal profession fear the worst. "I hate this decision," said Columbia University's journalism professor emeritus Fred Friendly. New York Press Lawyer Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. called it "outrageous." Fumed Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe, an expert on the Constitution: "There will be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Slamming the Courtroom Doors | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

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