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Word: palmful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years, towns along Florida's Gold Coast between Miami and Palm Beach have blithely dumped raw sewage about a mile offshore, assuming that the Gulf Stream would carry it away. Now the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey reports that the cleansing current is farther away than had been thought. As a result, the sewage may actually be trapped right off the hotel-lined beaches. Says Dr. Leonard A. Erdman, president of the Broward County Medical Association: "There is a very real cause to fear the possibility of hepatitis from this situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Cloudy Sunshine State | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

...enjoy chanting slogans, running through the streets, watching others throw rocks, supporting the NLF and the Panthers, and wearing blue jeans and smoking dope. They are also perfectly able to wear a suit, pass courses, get jobs, and keep a balanced checking account. They fly to the Bahamas or Palm Beach for vacations before returning to Harvard to occupy buildings...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: Books Do It! | 4/11/1970 | See Source »

...Sure." Merilee hoisted a six-foot date-palm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/1/1970 | See Source »

JERUSALEM- One of the world's greatest Christian ceremonies- the procession of pilgrims celebrating Palm Sunday in Jerusalem- was totally washed out Sunday by gale-force winds and hailstorms over this Holy City...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: The Apocalypse Palm Sunday Procession Drowns As Bach 'Engulfs' Harvard Yard | 3/23/1970 | See Source »

...after many years of playing bit parts in films like Footloose Heiress and Torchy Blane, the Adventurous Blonde, and eight years as a car salesman, became a star of sorts as Paul Drake, Perry Mason's detective friend in the famed TV series; of a stroke; in Palm Springs, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 16, 1970 | 3/16/1970 | See Source »

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