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Word: sirring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sorry, sir, but the National Hurricane Center has named this one Bernard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Winds of Change | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

...DIED. Sir Charles Chaplin, 88, comic genius; of old age; in Vevey, Switzerland (see CINEMA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 2, 1978 | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

...Wills, found that he had to sell off the pair. As recently as 1933 they had brought only £10 apiece; this year their worth was estimated at $1.8 million. Generously the owner offered them to London's Tate Gallery for a bargain price of $1.4 million, giving Director Sir Norman Reid till Christmas to raise the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Helping Britain Buy British | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

Even that unflappable knight of the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi?otherwise known as Sir Alec Guinness?is amazed and a little perplexed by the Star Wars phenomenon. People who have seen the film in the U.S. are making him a cult figure, he says, and reminding him of his duties as the last of a great line of warriors:"It's a fun movie, but some spooky stuff has crept in. People are taking it too seriously, and I wouldn't encourage that altogether." Adds the Catholic convert: "I'm an alleged Christian, so to that extent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Second Strike | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

...depressions. The mother of five (only two survive: Actress Sarah Churchill and Mary Soames, wife of Diplomat Christopher Soames), she accompanied her husband on wartime missions abroad, even on late-night inspections of London during the blitz. Last February, to meet expenses, she began selling off family heirlooms and Sir Winston's paintings, but rejected any offer of public assistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 26, 1977 | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

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