Word: older
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gerontocracy grows older...
...makeup counter, you shrink under the sullen gaze of the desperately nubile females trapped in their placards. There are piles of solemn light green pamphlets like the AWAKE pamphlets the Jehovah Witnesses push on passersbys. IS SKIN PERFECTIBLE? catechize the covers. Is man? you think is the older question, but inured to devaluations of this sort, you study the booklet from cover to cover...
Obviously toys today cater to a media-conscious following. And for those not in the know, shopping can be disheartening. An older gentleman speaking in heavily-accented English wandered through the Jordan Marsh toy department. Approaching a stranger he demanded excitedly "Where are the Legos? At FAO Schwartz, at Filenes, at everywhere they say no Legos, try the Jordan Marsh. Where are they?" The stranger pointed him in the direction of Suckerman
...young corps of Crimson grapplers stood its ground against older and more experienced competition at this weekend's Coast Guard Tourney, held in New London, Conn., and nabbed 36 points for a respectable fifth-place finish in the team standings. Columbia, a traditional Eastern powerhouse, grabbed first with 83 1/2 points...
...natural gas pricing regulations. The turning point came in June when crude began to be decontrolled. Oil from wells "newly discovered" after Jan. 1, 1979, began to sell at $28.81 per bbl. delivered to the refinery, rather than the artificially controlled price of $13.86. The additional oil from older wells produced by "enhanced recovery" methods, like the injection of steam or chemicals, was also decontrolled...