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Word: rich (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...magic was over. "It's almost like I want to find out that he's not really dead, that he will be there in his mansion and nothing will have changed," Janey said. "Elvis was a young man when he died, you know," she added. I nodded. He was rich, overweight...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Flowers for Elvis | 9/22/1978 | See Source »

Larry Brown looks as sharp as ever at quarterback, there's a herd of offensive backs all set to make some divots, and the receiver corps of Paul Sablock-John MacLeod-Rich Horner has done nothing but impress...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Gridders Prime for Opener... | 9/20/1978 | See Source »

...being slashed and burned at a perilous rate. This is being done both to extend agriculture and, especially in the impoverished developing countries, to use the wood as a fuel. By desiccating and destroying the land, the ruthless felling of trees has still another harmful side effect: it exposes rich topsoil, or humus, and allows the escape of CO2 formerly trapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Warming Earth? | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

There would be some benefits, to be sure. Heavier rainfall would possibly restore Africa's extremely dry Sahel, the Sahara and the Arabian desert to their ancient fertility and make vast tracts in Siberia and Canada suitable for growing cereal grains. But the rich wheat and corn belt in the central U.S. would probably become too dry for these crops. Hundreds of millions of people might suffer from these dislocations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Warming Earth? | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

...Yankees seemed to be coasting through the Sunday afternoon game, almost satisfied with the destruction they had already performed on New England hearts and souls. There was no determination in Munson's swing, no spark in Randolph's steps. Rich Gossage rested, and the New Yorkers almost loafed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sox Top Yanks, 7-3--Finally | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

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