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Word: roped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...does he rope for short...

Author: By Steve Chapman, | Title: Runnin' Naked | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

...rejected with gusto the Christian Democrats' proffered olive branch, dismissing the offer of further consultation. Socialist Party Secretary Francesco de Martino declared, "With these Christian Democrats, it's finished. The last possibilities have been burned up." Deputy Loris Fortuna exulted, "Basta! We've cut the last rope. We're not going to let ourselves get dragged into any more rounds of yes-but-maybes or other tiresome stalling maneuvers." The Socialists are confident their stands in favor of divorce and legal abortion-two issues that have fractured the Christian Democrats and cost them votes because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Moving to a Shootout | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

...DOMINANT theme of Inserts is sex and sexual inadequacy as a metaphor for the inability to cope with life in general. The big joke during the film is that The Boy Wonder is sexually impotent: "You couldn't get his rope to rise with a magic flute." The Boy Wonder's manic need to make films is a form of sexual displacement--perhaps it is the need for gratification that drives him to make "five-and-dime films" when he has been forced from "real films." In a confrontation with Cathy Cake he is made to face the full reality...

Author: By John Chou, | Title: Undignified Degeneracy | 3/17/1976 | See Source »

...first one! We threw a big rope around her and dragged...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: Carter Departs Massachusetts After Salem Monopoly Stop | 2/28/1976 | See Source »

...never allowed to forget it. Archie Peltier, an artist from Minneapolis, was responsible for most of the engineering, and his handiwork is impressive. People can walk up inside the Ruckus World Trade Center, looking at its "tenants," finally meeting a diminutive figure of the funambulist Philippe Petit walking the rope between the towers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Gorgeous Parody | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

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