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Word: squeaking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There are five people still working at midnight, three of them are undergrads. A student sits at the center table screwing up his face and dragging his hand through his hair repeatedly while figuring out a problem in his notebook. A woman jiggles her foot, causing her stool to squeak in rhythm...

Author: By Mary B. Ridge, | Title: TERMINAL ILLNESS | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

...work force of 85,000 by 23,000. Under Kendrick, Grant is once again emphasizing its traditional less expensive lines of apparel, beauty products and home furnishings. But the chain is still carrying a mountainous backlog of air conditioners, refrigerators and other big appliances. Even if Grant can squeak past the threat of a bankruptcy liquidation next year, its future survival could well depend on how profitably it manages to sell off its inventory of high-priced appliances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FAILURES: Grant Goes Under | 10/13/1975 | See Source »

...Radcliffe waterpolo team surged ahead in the fourth quarter of last night's game against the University of Massachusetts team to squeak out a 6-5 victory...

Author: By Audrey H. Ingber, | Title: Radcliffe Waterpolo Dunks UMass, 6-5; Cole Leads Squad in Final Comeback | 4/25/1975 | See Source »

...requests faced an uphill struggle. A Gallup poll released last week reinforced that feeling; it showed that 78% of those polled opposed more aid for either Cambodia or South Viet Nam. Nevertheless, Ford received two pleasant surprises as the Congress began processing his Cambodia proposal. By identical squeak-through margins of 4 to 3, a subcommittee in each chamber kept the notion of some kind of aid to Cambodia alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN POLICY: INDOCHINA: HOW MUCH LONGER? | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

...rubber mouse with a squeak...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: A Way to Rejoin the Ocean | 10/25/1974 | See Source »

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