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Word: pajamas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...city's residents were relying on prayer. On the outskirts, some farsighted Saigonese had on hand a supply of the black, pajama-like garments that are affected by the Viet Cong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indo-china: Saigon: A Dreamlike Twilight Mood | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

...only peephole view of life under the Khmer Rouge was at the Thai border opposite Cambodia. While life on the Cambodian side seemed normal at the start of the week-except for the presence of armed Communist soldiers in pajama-like uniforms-by week's end refugees were reporting that the Khmer Rouge had ordered the inhabitants of several towns to evacuate or risk being killed. Dozens of civilians were said to have been killed trying to flee, and other reports told of scattered executions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: A Khmer Curtain Descends | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

...played "commercial," responding to screams from teenyboppers for recent tunes like "Yellow Snow" and "Penguin in Bondage" and established a fine rapport with what was basically a rock and roll crowd. His newer, funkier melodies flowed together in an extended medley which included a few unrecorded instrumentals and vocals ("Pajama People") and some songs for the "old folks" ("I'm Not Satisfied" and "Dog Breath...

Author: By Richard H.P. Sia, | Title: Zapping Zappa | 11/14/1974 | See Source »

...local concessionaires, had been doing some routine exploiting--not letting the vendors in on time to sell a few rounds before the National Anthem, making them work without a contract since the early days of spring and not giving them a place to change from street clothes to pajama-blue vendor coats...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: Balls and Strikes and Strikes | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

...month rap for attempting to hold up a bar in his home town, Bakersfield. As cocky and uncontrollable as they come, he steamed up some home brew under the guards' noses-and got caught. As his 21st birthday rolled around, he found himself in solitary confinement with only pajama bottoms, a Bible and a blanket on a cement floor to call his own. At long last he was convinced that something was wrong with the way he was leading his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lord, They've Done It All | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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