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Word: shoulders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wallenda devised a more complicated form of his pyramid- seven people in three tiers, six men connected by shoulder bars and one young woman perched on top on a chair, all swaying at the edge of the void, preserved only by their incredible combination of skill, balance and courage. Old Karl billed them as "the Great Wallendas," and he did his best to keep the act in the family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Sit Down, Poppy, Sit Down! | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

...internecine warfare, the only possible winners are local criminals, including the shadowy Dixie Mafia. Sheriff Sabo, for his part, admits to a mild case of paranoia. "I spend more time looking over my shoulder than I do peering in front of me," he says softly. "Maybe 1 should apply for an LEAA grant to buy a device that detects the devices they're buying with I.EAA grants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Keystone Kops | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...health foods and naked women comes across particularly well. Maywald turns in the evening's most impressive performance, handling a wider range of roles than anyone else in the play. In her brief part as an efficient, sexless stenographer, clicking away at her typewriter while barking orders over her shoulder at the other stenographers, Maywald's characterization is sharp and perfectly loathsome. Playing a remarkably different role, she precisely captures Eleanor Stoddard, the attractive sophistocate who keeps Moorehouse hanging on a string...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: An American Collage | 3/24/1978 | See Source »

...Route 3, a natural peninsula turned into a large island: the Cape Cod Canal separates the Cape from the rest of southeastern Massachusetts. Two bridges connect the rest of the world to us. Cape Cod is shaped like an arm flexing its bicep, and the bridges connect where the shoulder would be. There are 13 towns on the Cape. One highway, Route 6, runs the length from Bourne (the shoulder) to Provincetown (the fist); 6A runs parallel from the shoulder to the crook of the elbow. Route 28 runs south from the southwest portal of the Canal to Falmouth...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones, | Title: Seaside Follies | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

Maura Costin, a Massachusetts state high school champion who was slowed by a shoulder injury this year, and Claire Goodman, a Mather House resident who specializes in the backstroke, were elected at the team's banquet...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Women's Swim Captains Named | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

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