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Word: spokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their absence. There was a flash of April anger, as protesters denounced the naming of the school's library after an industrialist who had made his fortune in the South African gold trade. Mark Smith, a black senior, rose to address the crowd on the issue, and he spoke with power and elegance. The crowd applauded and left, to don their tuxes and gowns for the formal ball that night. The politicians went back to their trade...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Remembrance of Things Past | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

Before Friedkin spoke, Pudding producer Tom Randall presented him with a "rare and coveted" piggy bank, part of the "Triple Hog Award." Murphy tossed the other two piggy banks, intended for Falk and DeLaurentiis, out the door of the auditorium...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Friedkin Talks on Brink's Film; Falk and DeLaurentiis Cancel | 12/6/1978 | See Source »

...spring of 1977, Ryan, a liberal but maverick Democrat, spoke with a longtime friend, Associated Press Photographer Robert Houston. Houston, who was ill, told Ryan that Houston's son Bob, 33, had been found dead in the San Francisco railroad yards, where he worked, just one day after he had quit the Peoples Temple. Though authorities said his son died as the result of an accidental fall, Houston claimed the cult had long threatened defectors with death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare in Jonestown | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Three times last week Sadat spoke to Carter on the telephone, explaining why the timetable was so important to Egypt and the rest of the Arab world. He rejected the Israeli complaint that he was raising the ante in negotiations by placing more emphasis on the issue than before, although it was true that he had strengthened his case during the Blair House talks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Slouching Toward Oslo | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Students showered Nixon with eggs and jeered him as he entered and left the building where 'he spoke. Inside, demonstrators shouted "We Want Nixon Dead" and "No More Nixon" in an attempt to drown out the ex-president...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oxford Students Jeer Nixon; Ex-President Is 'Not Retiring' | 12/1/1978 | See Source »

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