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Word: somehow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that they want to return to the old system, but somehow the computer winds up putting people either in one of their first three or last three choices...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Eliminating Discontent | 2/19/1977 | See Source »

Still, the Congressmen could not risk disbanding the committee altogether: they might be accused some day of somehow taking part in a conspiracy to cover up the truth. The House ordered the committee to come up with a "realistic budget" in two months' time and to produce evidence that the investigation might lead somewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Shrinking Sprague | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...boxes and Amy's doll house aboard a rented truck that was driven north by one of Brother Billy's warehouse employees, with a Secret Service escort. Before the truck reached the Plains town line, an urgent radio message summoned it back: Amy's bicycle had somehow been forgotten and had to be picked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE INAUGURATION: WALTZING INTO OFFICE | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

Their finding: the timing of each of the planet's major ice ages was closely related to changes in the earth's attitude and orbit that reduced the amount of summer sunlight striking the polar caps. Unless man somehow unbalances the equation, these scientists concluded, the trend over the next 20,000 years will be toward a cooler global climate and the spread of glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: FORECAST: UNSETTLED WEATHER AHEAD | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

...talent gets lost in all the surrounding craziness, much of which has been well documented. Mikey and Nicky was begun in 1973, but is just now being released after numerous lawsuits. Paramount sued May for breach of contract, trying to repossess a film they already owned-which May had somehow sold off to another company, Alyce Films (an outfit backed by Peter Falk, among others). May responded in fine style by suing Paramount for breach of their contract. While the fur flew, May was bogged down by the tortuous process of editing nearly 1.5 million ft. of film. The movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hit Men | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

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