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Word: petted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...love Noah. A love beyond sex. A love beyond need. A love based on service. A love in fact. He can be so endearing-putting his face up to mine to be kissed. I guess every pet has its wiles. But he is my pet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Excerpt | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...very upset about the progress of soccer in the United States. The people in the pro circuit haven't shown enough interest in the American player," complained Shep Messing. That was six years ago, before the Bronx-born, Harvard-educated goalie became famous for eating glass, keeping a pet boa constrictor, posing nude for a Viva centerfold and playing on last year's championship New York Cosmos soccer team. Messing, 28, is no longer upset, having just signed a $100,000 per-year contract with the fledgling Oakland Stompers, making him the highest-paid American soccer player...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 20, 1978 | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

John A. Matheson, a student enrolled in the Master of Divinity program, says he is in "general agreement" with the idea of a core curriculum. "Students come here with one pet field" and get ordained as ministers after graduation without a general knowledge in all fields, Matheson says...

Author: By Alfred E. Jean, | Title: Communities of Faith: The Div School Looks Inward | 3/10/1978 | See Source »

...reluctantly agreed. Then he found out that by Iowa law, the dog's tax could not be paid until the animal's license had been renewed, and it could not be renewed until Lobo had been revaccinated against rabies. Swenka offered to exhume his pet, but the county auditor finally agreed to waive the rules-and accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Die Now, Pay Later | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

What's worth wet feet? Consider the price of a play this weekend: waterlogged Wallabies, slush-flooded socks, or klunking around in cast-iron boots so clumsy you wouldn't consider putting them on your pet cow. If you had a pet cow. Never mind escapism, or entertainment, or culture, or any of the other reasons the parts of you from the ankles up may have used to justify play-going in the past. The relevant fact this week is feet. Anything that's going to require a journey on the T. or extra slogging through the Cambridge glop...

Author: By Jurretta J. Heckscher, | Title: Footnotes on Footlights | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

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