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Word: packed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pack my father's old Boy Scout knapsack with my belongings, I am still wearing the clothes I slept in last night in the bomb shelter. Yona walks me to the dirt road where I will catch a ride away from the border toward Haifa and my new kibbutz. Yona's forehead is deeply-lined, and there are circles under his eyes; the war has been hard on him, too. It is hard not to admire the courage of the Israelis like him, who sacrifice so much for their cause...

Author: By Mark A. Feldstein, | Title: Life Within the Bunker | 5/10/1978 | See Source »

...have to recognize that Santa Claus is about as far as the bottom of his little pack," as far as increased federal aid to U.S. cities is concerned, Proxmire said. In the future, he added. Congress might increase its funding to aid cities in order to keep up with or possibly slightly surpass inflation...

Author: By Alfred E. Jean, | Title: Proxmire Foresees End of Rise In Federal Aid to U.S. Citizens | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

Thomas Middleton managed to pack every one of these devices into the main plot of The Changeling, the story of a gentlewoman whose refusal to marry according to her father's wishes plunges her into a tangle of murder and deceit. It's not a deep play, and except for a few climactic moments the poetry isn't particularly inspired. But it is a thrilling blood-and-thunder melodrama. The Leverett House production succeeds when director Wendy Smith and the actors swallow their doubts and accept this fact, playing some of the gruesome scenes in a high-serious stage manner...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Blood Without Guts | 4/26/1978 | See Source »

People are allowed to stop to load a car before leaving on a trip, but Burns advises that they lave a note on the windshield, and the police will then allow them some time to pack and pull out. He adds the police are more lenient with the enforcement of the regulations during the first few and last few days of school, when everyone is moving...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: You Can't Pahk Yah Cah In Hahvahd Yahd, But... | 4/26/1978 | See Source »

...that they were well cared for on the steamer, not one indicating the least sign of mange, which dogs are apt to contract at sea. The hounds are of the bluest of 'blue blood,' and were personally selected by Lord Willhoughby de Broke, master of the South Warwickshire (England) Pack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Joins The Club | 4/21/1978 | See Source »

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