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Word: poore (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conscience. So the city borrowed too much money because it could always be paid back later, paid its employees too much money because they were the underdogs of another era and taxed its businesses too heavily because it was good to take from the rich and give to the poor. In the end, everyone lost-out, or left...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Coroner's Verdict | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

...defense concentrated on double teaming the Eagles, whose poor stickhandling caused them to make sloppy turnovers. By careful positioning, the Crimson easily denied their opponents the chance to receive all but the most accurate passes. Sophomore Chris Sailer continued to annoy the opposition with competent stick checking and tight shadow-like defense...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Stickwomen Destroy Eagles in Opener As Freshmen Lead Team to 16-6 Win | 4/5/1979 | See Source »

Stating that one of the major barriers to agricultural development is China's "fixed land endowment"--limited amounts of poor land--Perkins said China is more advanced than other underdeveloped countries...

Author: By Dayna L. Cunningham, | Title: China's Food Production Goals Are Impractical, Experts Say | 4/4/1979 | See Source »

...Poor Patty Hearst. Kidnaped, tortured, terrorized, brainwashed, on the lam, captured, tried for bank robbery, imprisoned until sprung by presidential commutation, and now this. Engaged to marry San Francisco Policeman Bernard Shaw, a former bodyguard, on April Fools' Day, Hearst had selected a $1,000 gown by New York Designer Frank Masandrea. But last week Patty and parents abruptly chose another. It turned out that exclusive rights to posing Patty in the gown and covering the ceremony had been sold to Look magazine. Alas, United Press International, pitting ingenuity against pocketbook journalism, discovered and printed sketches of the bride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 2, 1979 | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

...Rent control does not benefit the poor or elderly. It's a scare tactic used by politicians to keep themselves in office," Fraiman said last week

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Groups Push Bills To End Rent Control | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

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