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Word: sit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...want them to know it was our bedroom ... There was a lot of moving things out of closets so there'd be no trace of anybody's toothbrush anywhere. I remember that evening how impressed I was with Mrs. Johnson. She and my sister and I were sitting in one part of the room, and Jack and Johnson and some men were in the other part of the room. Mrs. Johnson had a little spiral pad, and when she'd hear a name mentioned she'd jot it down ... Or sometimes if Mr. Johnson wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Jackie Onassis' Memory Fragments on Tape | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...optimistic New Jersey housewife: "We figure that people who like and respect us won't offend us by smoking in our house." What about visitors who can't refrain? Rick and Debby Pabst of Buckley, Wash., put smoker friends out on the balcony. Says Rick: "We sit inside and talk through the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Huffing over All That Puffing | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...appears that there will not be a sit-in Monday if the Corporation fails to announce a decision supporting total withdrawal from South Africa-although the various groups admit that they have been discussing taking such action...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: The Pressure Builds | 4/22/1978 | See Source »

Members of the United Front have indicated that the group will wait at least until the Corporation comes out with its decision-which it may not be able to do on Monday-before going ahead with any possible sit-ins or extensive protests...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: The Pressure Builds | 4/22/1978 | See Source »

...group of armchair quarterbacks to sit back and call for what can only be seen as a romanticized vision of a '60s radical government, after the convention has labored for six months to incorporate student views in order to produce a viable proposal for effective student government, is as counterproductive as it is sorely misguided. An activist, grass-roots coalition of students that would stridently demand University cooperation with their wishes may be a lofty ideal, but it can hardly be taken seriously as an alternative to the well-thought-out proposed Assembly. Such a coalition would be too decentralized...

Author: By Peter Tufano, | Title: Ratify the Constitution | 4/18/1978 | See Source »

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