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Word: safe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...front car for the view, twice in the rear car for the speed and once in the middle car for the simple joy of the ride. Says Phillips: "I love it. There is a wonderful Middle American hedonism at those parks - people going some place to indulge in selfconscious, safe, clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 4, 1977 | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

...nest Wilde raises frivolity to high fash ion, attains a comic nirvana through sheer nonsense. Apart from a wonderfully sly-tongued cast, which this production has, the play demands a director who can crack the combination of its elegant wit and satirical wisdom with the silky fingers of a safe robber. Stephen Porter is just that sort of director, and the stamp of his assurance is his total trust in the playwright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Frivolity's Finest Hour | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...Green Line stops have some distinct personality and bear checking out. The line is a good bet for a safe return on that quarter investment, although here, as on the other lines, you have to ante up a quarter more past a certain distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...Most citizens do not care what gays do in private (arrests for consensual bedroom activities are exceedingly rare), but draw the line at voicing outright approval, fearing that somehow, some way, the acceptance of homosexuality would hurt society. Not being sure of the possible dangers, Americans prefer to be safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Not Yet Equal Under the Law | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

Microwaves, though they are being employed for everything from sending telephone messages to cooking steaks, would seem to be a highly unlikely medical tool. Like other electromagnetic radiation-notably X rays-they damage tissue at high enough energies. But the Faulkner microwaves are perfectly safe. Reason: the radiation involved is emitted not by the detector, as in conventional breast X rays (mammography), but by the body itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tuning in to Breast Tumors | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

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