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Word: pied (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...truth is somewhat less flattering to Edison than the myths. Like many a genius, he was often a terrible trial to those who had to get along with him. He disliked not only changing his clothes but bathing, damaged his health by subsisting on pie and coffee, and neglected his two wives and six children. He lavished material goods on them, but otherwise paid scarcely any attention to them; in fact he rarely slept at home, preferring the laboratory. His first wife died grossly overweight; his second once said their marriage had been "no great love." The Hollywood picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Quintessential Innovator | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...remaining small slices of the $20 million "reshaping" pie will go toward endowing both the Danforth Center for Teaching and Learning and Rosovsky's teaching innovation fund, and toward renovating classrooms and purchasing teaching equipment...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: $20 Million Will 'Reshape' Education | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

...hope that women aren't in this just to get a piece of the pie, because the pie sucks," Fonda said...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Steinem, Fonda Address Women On Need for Economic Equality | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...Women are in the position now to say that we are redefining the pie because we want the economy to be better for everyone." she added...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Steinem, Fonda Address Women On Need for Economic Equality | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...three stalked away, I noticed my turkey pot pie had congealed. The hazards of being a reporter, I concluded. I had to admit, though, those guys had spunk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eclair in Your Ear | 9/29/1979 | See Source »

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