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Word: roof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first time in your life, if only for the sake of playing a mind-game. The initial minutes would be the most intimidating, as you took in the scenery that greets every new in-mate upon arrival. The stacked rows upon rows of cells stretching up to the roof, the paint on the cell bars chipping away to expose the constraining iron underneath, the echoing cacophony of voices rebounding against the unadorned walls of the block. The mere sights and sounds of the prison would be sufficient to inject a generous dose of raw terror into even the most jaded...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: Honor Among Thieves | 10/29/1977 | See Source »

...where one can only fight back with wit or violence, means leaving the comprehensible world. Both Pilate and finally Milkman have left the earth: they are off in a world that is inaccessible. Song of Solomon opened with the attempted flight of a lonely insurance salesman, off the roof of No Mercy Hospital; his failure is not a good omen for Milkman's flight. But the attempt, Morrison suggests, is the important thing. Milkman must decide between a deathly isolated respectability, or death through a loving freedom. The choice is not an easy one to make, but, Morrison suggests, there...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: The Fathers May Soar | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

...Crimson did not cash in again until 35:55, when St. Louis's shot rebounded out to Ellen Hart who smashed the ball into the roof of the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Explodes | 10/11/1977 | See Source »

...blows the roof off Broadway's Ambassador Theater in a drama that merits little more than a stray snore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Ms. Himmler | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

DIED. Zero Mostel, 62, comedian and actor best known for his poignant portrayal of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof; of a heart attack; in Philadelphia, where he was about to open in a new play. The son of a rabbi, Samuel Joel Mostel decided to be a painter, but supported himself with a number of odd jobs, including working as a $5-a-night stand-up comic at neighborhood parties. When he was 27, he made his professional acting debut with a series of impressions at a café and within the year was in Hollywood. Like the character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 19, 1977 | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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