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Word: sheeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many of Hardenburgh's sheep suddenly decide to become shepherds? It was certainly cheap and easy enough-the U.L.C. ordains ministers for $2 down and $2 a month (TIME. Feb. 10, 1975)-but that does not account for the mass ordination. The turn to religion is a protest against the fact that more than a sixth of the town's 84 sq. mi. were already owned by several tax-exempt religious groups (Zen Buddhists, Tibetan monks) and one educational group (the Center for Conservation). That left taxpayers bearing huge burdens to support their local roads and schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Salvation from Taxes | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

...begin marching north in June before the onset of the rainy season. Griggs reports that long convoys are rolling through Addis Ababa carrying young recruits to a fetid training camp named Siga Meda, or "field of meat," west of the capital. It was formerly used for slaughtering goats, sheep and cattle for market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: A Despot at War On All Fronts | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

TIME has learned that the Galante-Dellacroce conflict is ranging from Manhattan to Canada. The first casualties were two Galante spies discovered among Dellacroce's followers. The Little Lamb acted quickly to get rid of the black sheep; their bodies have not been found. Next, Dellacroce sent gunmen to Harlem to shoot a number of heroin dealers?then spread the word that Galante had ordered the hits. Dellacroce's goal was to disrupt Galante's connections with black Narcotics King Leroy ("Nicky") Barnes. Federal agents arrested Barnes on March 16, confiscating $1 million worth of heroin (he was released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE MAFIA Big, Bad and Booming | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

...nation of sheep," she said. "We are willing to believe everything the professionals tell us," she added...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Childbirth | 5/12/1977 | See Source »

...methods of Broadway and Hollywood. A handful of people are gambling with a lot of money up front that they know what the public will buy-that instead of watching Kojak reruns all summer, people will bury themselves in a long saga of life on an Australian sheep station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shaking the Money Tree | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

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