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Word: quiz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...extremely upset as a result of an article by Richard Edelman in this morning's Crimson (Nov. 12). The article concerned Harvard's victory on November 10 over the Norfolk Prison Quiz Team, and in it I was misquoted and unfairly portrayed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAD STORY | 11/20/1973 | See Source »

...process by which Al Chatham came to Cambridge involved representatives of 125 citizen groups plus representatives of teachers, administrators and students serving on interviewing panels to quiz five final applicants for the job. Unlike the frantic petition drive for signatures to support incumbent Frank J. Frisoli, which was mislabeled "citizen participation," this process gave Cambridge citizens a choice...

Author: By Ellen Preusser, | Title: Patronage Tries for a Comeback | 11/6/1973 | See Source »

...biggest game show for this summer is undeniably Watergate. Each of the "quiz kids" on the committee has developed an identity of his own. Sam Ervin and Howard Baker are almost universally liked and respected for their roles in the investigation--although many of the women are a little disappointed to find that Baker is only five feet six inches...

Author: By Paul T. Shoemaker, | Title: The Watergate Hearings: A Bird's Eye View | 7/24/1973 | See Source »

scenes from television quiz shows like Strike It Rich and Queen for a Day; lectures from the P.T.A. chairwoman about dress codes for the local high school, and from city officials about the dangers of this new music (it was supposed to promote riots, you may recall); Brando on a motorcycle, James Dean slumped across the front seat of a car, Michael Landon turning into a foaming teen-age werewolf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Culture Shock | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

Even though his own agents at the time were searching for Hunt to quiz him about Watergate, Gray obediently took these files home, put them in a closet over the weekend, then carried them to his office and discarded them in a "burn bag" to be destroyed. Although some other FBI officials do not believe him, Gray claimed he did not even look at the papers to see what he was burning. Gray contends that he learned their contents only last month from Henry Petersen, the head of the Justice Department's criminal division. According to Gray, Dean told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: New Shocks--and More to Come | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

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