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Word: satchel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...violent brouhahas, notably a game-stopping 1953 free-for-all at Busch Stadium that began when Courtney, then playing for the old St. Louis Browns, spiked Yankee Shortstop Phil Rizzuto while trying to stretch a single. "There's the meanest man I ever met," said his Browns teammate Satchel Paige. "I'm glad he's on my side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 30, 1975 | 6/30/1975 | See Source »

...real masterpiece was playing in Danvers. And I would have missed it, too, if it hadn't been for the way the Liberty Tree Mall beckoned out of the mist. As it was, I loved The Towering Inferno and didn't have to dig very deep into my satchel of critical responses to discover why. I was on the edge of my seat, breathless with delight. Yet when I walked out of the theater I was somewhat shamefaced about how unreservedly I'd responded to the film--how easily I'd been manipulated. But, now, a week later, I find...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: Burn, Baby, Burn | 5/15/1975 | See Source »

Fearful that the enemy is infiltrating along with the refugees, the government is setting up guard posts on the roads leading into Saigon to keep out any additional outsiders. Cyclos (pedicabs) have been banned because the government fears that Communist sappers might use them to transport satchel charges into the city. In an effort to prevent riots or a possible coup attempt, new army orders forbid civilians to congregate in groups on the streets or off-duty soldiers to carry their weapons in the capital. Many Saigonese fear rape and rampage by their own troops as much as they dread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indo-china: SAIGON UNDER SIEGE | 4/14/1975 | See Source »

...reference was to White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld, an ardent skier himself, who had toted along a satchel of papers to Vail. Ford was acutely conscious of some press complaints that he should not be schussing downhill while the nation's economy was slipping in the same direction. He also received unseasonal greetings in the form of the latest Gallup poll. The survey reported that because of the economy, only 42% of the American people approved of the way he was handling his job-the lowest rating he has received since taking office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHITE HOUSE: At Play in the Dallas Alps | 1/6/1975 | See Source »

...didn't practice yesterday, but he went down to watch the team work out. As he left his room in Mather House for the stadium, Curtin threw a book of Yeats into a denim satchel...

Author: By Steven M. Heller, | Title: Peter Curtin: Does 'Yeats' Rhyme With 'Cleats'? | 11/13/1974 | See Source »

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