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Word: populars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surprising that a largely secular and materialistic society should reject the Rev. Lester Roloff and his belief in biblical discipline because his ideas are not popular in our permissive world. In this society it is more reasonable to electrocute a man than to discipline a child who wavers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: SALT Signing | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...behind Republicans Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford "the worst thing that has happened in his presidency." Ratings of "approval" often rise and fall. But when specific choices are being made this early in the political season, Scammon believes that the problem of an incumbent reaches beyond politics to the popular perception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: To Push a Nation Beyond Itself | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...also the most deadly in the new film. Sure enough, eventually both Rocky's instincts and the need for something more exciting to end the movie with than Rocky staring at his comatose wife force Stallone to backtrack to his last closing scene--the one that make Rocky so popular...

Author: By Susan K. Brown and Scott A. Rosenberg, S | Title: No Future | 7/13/1979 | See Source »

...Marley, a highly political performer who helped catapult reggae music from relative obscurity to a highly popular form in Europe and America, will be the main attraction of the benefit concert...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Harvard Opens Stadium For African Aid Benefit | 7/10/1979 | See Source »

Marley is a Jamaican Rastafarian, a religious group that combines a kind of mystic spiritualism with left-wing politics. His songs reflect the emotions and attitudes of poor people in Jamaica. Some of his most popular songs include "You Belly Full, But We Hungry," "It Takes a Revolution," "Stand Up For Your Rights," and "Burnin' and Lootin...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Harvard Opens Stadium For African Aid Benefit | 7/10/1979 | See Source »

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