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Word: spares (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very steps of the escalator to the upper bus level, I hear "Excuse me, my name is Jim. Have you heard about God?" (God? God who? Sorry, can't place the name.) Now, my mother taught me always to be polite, and I figured I could spare a minute to entertain the guy, but I didn't figure on the persistence of the Hare Krishnas. Try as I might I couldn't break away until I had agreed to both buy his book and open my heart to Krishna's message. Book in hand, eyes glancing feverishly at my watch...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: So Where Did You Go Over Vacation? | 4/5/1978 | See Source »

...voted against the neutrality treaty have indicated that they may support the second accord. As added insurance, treaty proponents are willing to attach minor reservations to make it more palatable to some wavering Senators. Thus, barring a major blunder by supporters, the treaty should pass with votes to spare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Half time Confidence on Panama | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

...sailor next to me said the margin was three points, so I thought I had a little to spare and I wasn't that careful about covering him in the face," Long said. "Luckily, I beat him anyhow and we won," the senior skipper added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Cruise to Victory Over B.U. in Oberg Cup | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

Hugh Sidey's bewailing the Carter Administration's lack of "class" [March 6] bewildered me. Typical it was, however, of today's obsession with form over essence. I'll allow Ham Jordan his pyramidal fantasies if he and his "classless" Georgians spare us from an international faux pas as calamitous as the Viet Nam one. Enough of the Best and Brightest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 27, 1978 | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...flamboyant, like his protagonist in The Phantom of Paradise a virtuoso gone ga-ga, which puts him far ahead of literal-minded bores like Richard Donner and Michael Crichton. His last film, Carrie, was a gory, silly, outrageous, and incredibly beautiful piece of movie-making--far more structured, spare, and cohesive than The Fury, and unfortunately, a far more satisfying movie...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Splattering Psychics | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

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