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Word: shapely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the last years of his life, former Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev dictated his memoirs, filling almost 180 hours of tape with reminiscences of a career that took shape in the days of Stalin and ultimately exerted a lasting influence on the history of this century. The existence of these tapes was revealed last week when Time Inc. presented them to the Oral History Collection of Columbia University, along with authentication and transcripts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 18, 1974 | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

...said that he was thinking about going AWOL again and Chris rolled his eyes and said just when they had a conversation going Chuck had to fuck it up again. Chris said that he used to use a lot of dope and that he quit and started getting into shape; he had been practicing karate for seven months now and he had enlisted for Korea, because there was a lot of karate there and did I know if that was true. I said I had heard that too and then he said that he thought Korea would...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Volunteers for America | 3/15/1974 | See Source »

...with Lincoln" [Feb. 25], Hugh Sidey wrongly ascribes to Abraham Lincoln the phrase about "fighting it out on this line if it takes all summer." The phrase was Ulysses Grant's; the then ex-President made it in 1884 as he was struggling to get his memoirs into shape. At that stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LETTERS: Letters, Mar. 11, 1974 | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

...shape," McGuire said, "but we certainly can not afford to make any mistakes. If everything just goes right...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Crimson Swimmers Gain Eastern Lead | 3/9/1974 | See Source »

...willing, ready, eager to go--everyone's in good shape," Crimson coach Bill Cleary said yesterday. "I haven't seen RPI play, but we don't meet too many teams that make us alter our style. Our game is skating, and we've done pretty well...

Author: By E. P. Eggert, | Title: Icemen Face RPI in ECAC Semifinals | 3/8/1974 | See Source »

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