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Word: preciously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Marley's music gives them hope in a struggle which is long and difficult and this precious ability must be guarded carefully...

Author: By Christopher J. P. damm, | Title: RADiCAL BOOGiE | 7/24/1979 | See Source »

...options are limited. On June 20, NASA's team members used up precious bursts of the spacecraft's dwindling propellant to turn its nose horizontally by 90° and into a sideways position, which exerts increased drag against its forward movement. That change gave NASA its best chance of some final control. Explained Cindy Major, 27, one of the Houston monitors: "There is more pressure now because the attitude of the spacecraft is more sensitive. There is no room for error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skylab's Fiery Fall | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...erotic overtones. (Alien had some, but they're mitigated by the film's frigidity. Prophecy is sexless.) The British can usually make funnier and more stylish horror films, because they're so good about being shocked: "A vampire you say? My word..." Here are a few of the most precious moments in horror history: Ernest Thesiger plying Boris Karloff's Frankenstein monster with brandy and cigars; Carrie telekinetically crucifying her Jesus freak mother; Roy Scheider spooning fish entrails into the sea, prissily calling out to Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss "Why don't you guys shovel some of this shit...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: The Beast in All of Us | 7/3/1979 | See Source »

...long as anyone can remember, villagers called it Tillya Tepe-the Golden Mound. Even so, no one dreamed of the precious relics that might be unearthed in the strange, 12-ft.-high rise of ground located in a cotton field three miles north of the town of Shibarghan in northern Afghanistan. In 1977 a Soviet-Afghan archaeological team began serious excavations. By last fall they had uncovered the mud-brick columns and cross-shaped altar of an ancient temple dating back to at least 1000 B.C. Then they struck pay dirt-a glittering trove of gold that some Soviets said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Golden Nobles of Shibarghan | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...Rotterdam, dealers marked up their quoted prices $5 to $6 per bbl. A $60-million shipment of heating oil from the Caribbean to Rotterdam actually jumped $10 million in value during the week as nervous traders on both sides of the Atlantic bid against each other to acquire the precious cargo before the ship reached port...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Now the Heating Fuel Furor | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

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