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Word: owl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...troops moved, the U.S. was very much by itself. "Where are my friends?" Lyndon Johnson used to wonder on many a night when he was bogged down in Viet Nam after having been urged on by Asian allies. Richard Nixon, once described as being tougher than a boiled owl, knew better. He never expected much help in anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Forge of Leadership | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...Owl Club, Treas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CANDIDATES FOR CLASS MARSHAL | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

...Owl Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CANDIDATES FOR CLASS MARSHAL | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

Cambridge bookmaker "Scumbelly" Capelli, smoking a Ralph Cahaly White Owl cigar, thinks the spread may be forced even higher. "We've been getting a lot of action on the Yale side of the fence here, but nothing for Harvard," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Bookies Picking Yale By Six Points | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...been in late October, six days after Runway 23-L, which is the only one at Benito Juarez International Airport equipped for instrument landings, had been closed for repairs. Last week, before he took off at 12:50 a.m. from Los Angeles in command of Flight 2605, the "Night Owl," carrying 13 crew members and 75 passengers, he was reminded that he had to land on Runway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Crash of the Night Owl | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

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