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Word: skies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...yesterday evening the buzzards were still sihouetted against the stormy sky seeking other prey. The Harvard soccer team came out running yesterday and did not stop until they had posted a 3-1 victory over the Woodsmen...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Crimson Stuns Top-Rated Dartmouth... | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

Laker's Sky train opens a new low-fare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: To London for 4 | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...illustrious American dailies gone to that great newsstand in the sky, few have been so deeply mourned as New York's old Herald Tribune. Founded as the Tribune in 1841 by Horace Greeley, married in 1924 to the popular Herald, and killed in a 1966 shootout in the city's competitive marketplace, the Trib was for decades palpitating proof that a paper could be both serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Tribulations | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

...perfect day for running at Franklin Park yesterday, with warm temperatures, a bright blue sky, and as good footing as anyone could expect after Monday's downpour. Perfect, that is, until the starting gun, when Providence and UMass broke quickly and cruised past Harvard, 19-37-76, in the harriers' season opener...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Providence, UMass Sock It to Harriers | 9/28/1977 | See Source »

...Pennsylvania where a crone named Circe adds to his family history. In the small Virginia town where his grandfather was born, Milkman hears a group of children sing a song that provides the key to his past. The refrain, "Solomon done fly, Solomon done gone/ Solomon cut across the sky, Solomon gone home,"tells the story of an ancestor's mythical escape from slavery. For the reader, the song unlocks the richness of the novel. It is a book in which Morrison achieves her fifth stage- an artistic vision that encompasses both a private and a national heritage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Native Daughter | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

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