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Word: ran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Larry is scolded in school and asked why he was worrying about the growers. The essay apparently called a good deal of commotion, the boy ran away from school, thought of running away from home and took vows to do something with his life which would help these people; a few years later, however, he became good friends again with his father, leaving his idealistic ambitions behind. He was taught by his parents to stop asking questions about the migrant workers, and to save his thoughts for later...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: How the Two Halves Live | 2/24/1978 | See Source »

...cash ran short, public officials asked stores to accept checks and even lOUs from their customers. For the first time in its 106-year history, the Boston Globe was unable to distribute an edition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Blizzard of the Century | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...former Governor of Louisiana (1940-44) who defeated Earl Long, Huey's brother and political successor, thereby ending a twelve-year, scandal-ridden dynasty; of kidney failure; in Lake Charles, La. During his term, Jones cut the state payroll by one-third and reorganized the government. When Jones ran for Governor again in 1948, he was upset by Earl Long, but continued to be active in reform politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 20, 1978 | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...play, "Lost Cookies," which ran at Eliot House last term, was written last summer by Kramer and Adam Bellows, a Princeton student and son of Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones, | Title: Local T. V. May Show 'Lost Cookies' | 2/17/1978 | See Source »

Desaulniers, who won the Canadian national Amateur Individual Championship just last weekend, seemed to be toying with the Quaker as he ran Edwards all around the court...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Racquetmen Burn Hapless Quakers... | 2/17/1978 | See Source »

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