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Word: sharked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Really. Comparing Golda Meir with a man is like comparing a shark with a tuna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 22, 1979 | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...toward the end of 1977 and dominated the screens for the rest of the winter. All three have pulled in something like $130 million apiece, and two-Grease and Fever-not coincidentally star John Travolta, who this time last year was known only to TV viewers. The hungry white shark, or his bereaved mate, that gobbled up the dollars in the summer of 1975 swam back for another big bite in Jaws II, which grossed $98.6 million. Heaven Can Wait, Warren Beatty's good-humored remake of the 1941 fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan, grossed $72 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bottom-Line Time in Hollywood | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...sauce and whisky. Katsumi Sato, the Japanese-American owner of Rexton, investigated the budding Japanese market for orange peels last year, liked what he saw and went into the business. Sato expects to earn close to $250,000 next year. He is looking into two other exports for Japan: shark fins for soup and jackets from the Los Angeles Police Department, popular with teenagers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Offbeat Exports | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

...look on your Grandmother's face when you present her with a carefully--wrapped, three--feet across chunk of purple brain coral. If this sort of thrill is worth 125 clams to you, go ahead. If you're a bit more modest you could send her a shark tooth necklace or even a complete shark jaw for a reasonable amount. But if Poverty is your middle name, you could send out a fleet of 99 cent Knobby Urchins to the candidates on your gift parade...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Brain Coral for Uncle Eb | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

While this year's yardling group contains no one of Olympic shark Bobby Hackett's stature, newcomers Ron Raikula and Tim Maximoff qualify for at least dolphin status...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Yardling Swimmers Awesome; Raikula, Maximoff Lead Group | 12/1/1978 | See Source »

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