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Word: sprees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...without hesitation, David Berkowitz, 24, also known as "Son of Sam," took just 21 minutes last week to complete the macabre litany required by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Joseph R. Corso. Its purpose: to establish Berkowitz's understanding of his plea and its consequences, regarding the yearlong spree of .44-cal. shootings that left six victims dead, seven wounded, and made Son of Sam a watchword of terror in New York City. Once the questioning was over, Justice Corso had established that the quiet former postal clerk understood the charges, and knew that what he had done was wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: An Urge to Kill | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

Your article "Stacy's Day at the Abortion Clinic" [April 10] demonstrates how sad it is that it is so easy to forget the murder of an unborn child with a shopping spree for new shoes and a raincoat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 1, 1978 | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...then Faught unpacked his gatling gun and went on an awesome scoring spree, tallying goals at 8:29, 8:59 and 9:09. Faught then let his smoking pistol cool off long enough for four teammates to find the net, before closing the scoring himself with five minutes left in the game...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Laxmen Destroy Brown In Rough Contest, 19-9; Faught Rifles Home Six | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

John Stafford began the scoring parade by connecting on a free kick from 30 yards. Ten minutes later Xavier Duralde scored a try and Will "Kamikaze" Chang followed with the conversion. Jay Joseph concluded the spree with a 25-yard jaunt into the endzone and Chang again converted...

Author: By Keith Salkowski, | Title: An Ill Wind Blows at Amherst; Ruggers Split With Jeffs in Opener | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...older like my mother." And she does not want to repeat this day's sad experience. "I won't get any more abortions," she says. But now that it is over, she and her mother are off to Alexander's department store for a shopping spree. They try to forget the day by buying new shoes and a raincoat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Stacy's Day at the Abortion Clinic | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

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