Word: seven-year-old
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...picture that the authors call typically oedipal, seven-year-old Tom drew himself as a powerful speedboat, dragging his naked mother behind him. Relegating his father and the dog to the reverse side of his picture, Tom saved "the whole front page for himself and his mother...
...carefully orchestrated-right down to the light planes towing VIVA FRANCO banners overhead-the mammoth rally nonetheless gave evidence that Franco could still count on the fealty of the working-class Falangists who brought him to power 31 years ago. The last time he had called for such a show of public allegiance was in 1946, when his seven-year-old regime was under extreme pressure from abroad to democratize. This time, the threat was internal-perhaps the most serious Franco has faced...
Throwing Steaks. Once (in 1961) he was married, and has a seven-year-old daughter. Now he has a capsule description of his life: "I read, swim, go out, have love affairs." The old Nicholson "used to rant a lot of politics" and had a temper that went off like a Roman candle. A waitress in Hollywood once brought him a well-done steak and proceeded to claim that it was rare. Nicholson protested, spluttered, and then -splat!-the steak hit the restaurant ceiling. "I don't throw steaks around the dining room any more," says Nicholson. His outbursts...
Twenty-eight promoters of Boston Broadcasters, Inc.-including nine members of the Harvard faculty and administration-are dusting off seven-year-old plans to revolutionize Boston television programming...
...labor won its largest gains in the past. It is ironic that blue collar workers are suspicious of today's social disruptions; labor often created the disturbances of yesteryear, and they helped the workingman to come a long way from the bad old days. As late as 1900, seven-year-old boys worked in the mines of Pennsylvania, and girls of six helped run the mills of the South. The regular work week ran as high as 84 hours, the pay from $1 to $3 a week. Each time the workers tried to organize, they earned only public obloquy...