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Word: pleased (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mrs. Mary Ann Clemens, a septuagenarian, admitted that she had lost control of her car and run down a neighbor while he was out for a stroll. The neighbor, Arthur McCall, suffered a separated shoulder and nerve injuries to a hand. He sued for damages. Up to that point it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: TV Goes to Court | 12/27/1971 | See Source »

There is little to boast of here. The original play has been transported to the screen apparently by moving van. The sets might pass muster on a stage but look like pasteboard before the camera lens. Director Mark Robson records the action from a static position corresponding to front row...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Soft-Core Satire | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

The voice thundered, amplified by a bullhorn: "Who wants electricity connected?" Crews scrambled to string up power lines. "Who does not have the telephone he applied for?" Another utility crew rushed to work. Behind the bellowing bullhorn stood a round-faced, chunky woman who is known to Colombia's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: La Capitana | 12/6/1971 | See Source »

Common Pleas Court Judge Albert L. Caris dismissed charges of arson and first-degree riot against the second defendant, Peter C. Bliek, on account of insufficient evidence. Four prosecution witnesses had been unable to place Bliek at the scene of the fire.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kent State Trial--One Guilty, One Not | 12/1/1971 | See Source »

For Richard Nixon, it was not a particularly comforting week. Two powerful groups long on generally friendly terms with him turned on his policies-in one case with deliberate rudeness, in the other with homiletic eloquence. Organized labor has been as cordial to Nixon as to any Republican President in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: Loosened Loyalties | 11/29/1971 | See Source »

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