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Word: spunk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Spunk, verve, laughs, tears, death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Life with Ma | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...pattern of the game then took over. The Harvard defense, which had been no less than spectacular before this game, just didn't have the spunk Saturday. Restic said the defense "didn't play with the same intensity it has in the past weeks in the first half...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Dartmouth Snores Past Harvard, 10-7 | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...three stalked away, I noticed my turkey pot pie had congealed. The hazards of being a reporter, I concluded. I had to admit, though, those guys had spunk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eclair in Your Ear | 9/29/1979 | See Source »

...happiness. In the Dickensian Sparrows, she played a clever and persistent teen-ager who frees the inmates of an orphanage from sadistic bondage. It was a strong role for a forceful woman. Even in pictures like Pollyanna or Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Pickford showed wit, endearing mischievousness and sheer spunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Golden Girl, Lost Lady | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

Your cover painting caught the lady's spirit, iron will and plain old-fashioned spunk! O, that we had a lady like her here to run circles around Jimmy Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 4, 1979 | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

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