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Word: shake (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...daughter Tricia. For a fleeting second there was tension. Nixon looked unsure, older than the group remembered him. He did not seem to be the man of impeccable tailoring they recalled. His trousers were even a shade too short. Then Ford and Kissinger went up to Nixon to shake hands. The unease vanished, talk began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: An Illustrious Kaffeeklatsch | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...Trade Commission; and Charles Ferris, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. More typical is Kenneth McLean, 43, staff director of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. "I'd be a terrible politician," admits McLean. "To be a politician you have to go out and shake a lot of hands. It's a lot more fun to be a staffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: An Army of Experts Storms Capitol Hill | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

...soon as he arrived in Washington in 1949, Humphrey started tossing firecrackers again. In his maiden speech he announced that he had come to shake things up. "What the people want is for the Senate to function," he declared. "Sometimes I think we become so cozy -we feel so secure in our six-year term -that we forget that the people want things done." He spoke on every subject at every opportunity. "I can't help it," he explained. "It's glands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Death of an American Original | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

Harvard's undermanned junior varsity hockey team couldn't shake the exam blues as they flunked the test administered by Northeastern yesterday, 7-5. Suprisingly enough, the defeat came at the hands of a team that the Crimson had demolished earlier in the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Junior Varsity Drops 7-5 Decision to Northeastern | 1/13/1978 | See Source »

Barry Wald manned the Harvard nets in the third period in an attempt to shake up the Crimson's lethargic play. Harvard managed to partially shake their reading period malaise by out scoring Northeastern three goals to two in the final period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Junior Varsity Drops 7-5 Decision to Northeastern | 1/13/1978 | See Source »

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