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Word: sown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...protagonist of Autumn, a patriarch who is all South American dictators compounded into one, shuffles with his flat feet "like a senile elephant" through his declining years, remembering all that he has sown and reaped, left untouched or blighted. We watch his powers slowly rot over seemingly endless time, and plow with him through strata of recalled events...

Author: By Eleni Constantine, | Title: Memories of a Senile Elephant | 10/14/1976 | See Source »

...seventh inning, the public address announcer announced that Carter was back in Chain O'Lakes Park after having been sown up with 50 stiches. Everyone cheered...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky and Mike Savit, S | Title: The Grapefruit League: It's Not if You Win or Lose, But How Tan You Get | 4/9/1976 | See Source »

...Kissinger "smiled and nodded," and Haldeman said nothing, but had a look "of hand-rubbing expectation. Only Ehrlichman, expressionless and often a lonely voice of moderation, jerked his head back and stared at the ceiling ... A Holy War was declared against the enemy ... The seeds of destruction were already sown-not in them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEMOIRS: Humbled Hatchet Man | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

Sometime later, the seeds of his alternative concept were sown when he saw a production of Peter Ustinov's Photo Finish in which the main character confronts himself as separate characters. It too failed, but in the dramatic structure Ustinov employed, Hunter saw great potential...

Author: By Tom Wright, | Title: The Hemingway Playwright | 8/1/1975 | See Source »

...transitional hiatus in her career. "I'm too old to play little whores and teen-age rape victims," she says. The trouble is, Carrie knows that women's roles in Hollywood are still stereotyped and their range is sadly limited. "Women," she says, "no longer just get sown while men do all the sowing." Carrie's acidulous commentaries make social life difficult. "It's hard to get turned on by a man the same age. Boys always used to be intimidated because I could use the word ostensibly." Beatty, however, has chosen Carrie to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Not Exactly Like Mom | 6/16/1975 | See Source »

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