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Word: polygraphers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...allegations arose last Thursday when a drunken man presented himself to the Somerville police as the mayor's lover. The man later admitted there was no basis to his charge, and Ralph proved his alibi with a polygraph test...

Author: By George G. Scholomite, | Title: Ralph Calls 'Immoral' Rumor Slanderous, Damaging Lie | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

...moviegoer's response to Dirty Hands could be measured graphically, the piece of paper would read like the polygraph printout of a bumbling liar. There is no even pace to this film, which features more peaks and valleys than a postcard of the French Alps. The task of sketching the outlines of the three characters and their tension-packed relationships makes for a plodding introduction to Dirty Hands, but the story suddenly picks up when the adulterers decide to carry out their macabre scheme. The inevitable police investigation maintains the interest level for a while longer before the film enters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whose Hands Are Dirty? | 10/5/1977 | See Source »

...such technological advances as the polygraph would reduce the back load of court cases because innocence could be established early in the proceedings, Bailey said...

Author: By Angela M. Belgrove, | Title: Bailey Speaks | 3/25/1977 | See Source »

...princely sum covers salaries for Sprague's staff of 170, the lease or purchase of polygraph machines and copiers and the creation of a computerized cross-reference system for the thousands of documents the staff will sift through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Sprague's Spraw | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

First, the sleep clinicians probe deeply into a patient's sleep habits−for example, by questioning his bed partner. They also video-tape his slumber behavior in special sleeping rooms, where patients spend the night hooked up to a polygraph, a lie-detector-like machine that monitors sleep-related physiological functions (breathing, muscle twitching, rapid eye movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Snoring Sickness | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

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