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Word: popular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...show, a fight between the artist Paul Gauguin and Van Gogh prompts Van Gogh to slice off his ear, not sorrow over a unsuccessful love affair, another popular myth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leonard Nimoy Speaks With Students About His Boston Production 'Vincent' | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

...Curry's popular song "I Do the Rock" takes a swing at everyone from Einstein to Idi Amin to Linda Ronstadt, crashing down on the irrelevance of the social scene, philosophy, and anything that isn't the simple, curative rock. "It's stimulating," he coos...

Author: By Mace Beckson, | Title: Rocky Horror Redux | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

...overthrown in the Central African Empire two weeks ago, it was hailed as a triumph of sanity over murderous despotism. By last week, however, the French connection in the affair was proving an embarrassment, and the all too Francophile new regime of President David Dacko was proving less than popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: French Fiddling | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...Associated Press over the years, it has always been No. 2. Even worse, U.P.I. has lost $17 million in the past 18 years, including $2.5 million last year. (A.P. is a nonprofit cooperative and usually comes close to breaking even.) For years, U.P.I.'s possible demise was a popular taproom topic among journalists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: High Wire Act | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...conservation technology exists. The National Academy of Science has studied the possibilities of conservation and reports that by the year 2010 we could be using 20 per cent less energy than we do now, while maintaining virtually the same standard of living--through conservation measures alone. And despite popular misconceptions, we have the solar technology as well--now. The Harvard Business School Energy Project estimates that another 20 per cent of our energy could come from the sun by the year 2000 if the government gives it the high priority it deserves. Both conservation and solar power can be more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stop Seabrook | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

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