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Word: set (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tremendous ego, although this didn't bother Hercules, he had dealt with oceanic egos, he had one himself. He even found it appealing: here was a hero, a man who would move the world with a large enough lever and his own belief in himself. "I set a goal and I go after it...I'm not at all tense about it. I visualize it, I see it in front of me that it will happen, and then it's just a matter of motions, going through motions and working up to that level...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Arnies of the Night | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Wendy Carle, the squad's other cocaptain, tried to keep the young team under control in Curry's absence, but set plays soon dissolved into the "shoot first, ask questions later" offense with which Crimson fans are getting all too familiar...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Cagers Lose Third Straight To UNH Five | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Somehow the 'toons seem' less offensive than the garbage that is targeted at the over-six set. Believe it or not, millions and millions of people will spend the evening hour of 8 to 9 on Dec. 8th in front of an electric box that emits something called the "Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special." For anyone still in possession of his lunch, ABC will again try to make you lose it with the "Donny and Marie Christmas Special," Dec. 14th at 8 p.m. The one hope for decency will come on Christmas Eve, when ABC has a special Christmas...

Author: By Jeff Toobin, | Title: How Television Steals Christmas | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Justin and Kamik agreed to stop for the day, and the Eskimo hastily set about building the evening's igloo. Justin opened the food pack, and hungrily chewed on a dried venison steak...

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: In the Arctic, You Are Not Alone | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Then you notice the rest of the set--boards with crudely drawn small black stick figures and gruesome masks. The remaining surface of each panel is painted light blue, except for the splotches where white boards shows through. You think to yourself that they are trying to give the impression of a hastily-done, sloppy paint job--until you realize that it is a hastily done, sloppy paint job. So you sit back and wait...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Pity Aristophanes | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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