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Word: summonsed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The female soloists are not up to the men. Still, contralto Patricia Leonard is an admirable Fairy Queen, stern on the outside but soft within. When speaking she sometimes amusingly summons up the inflections of the late Dame Edith Evans. Barbara Lilley's Iolanthe and Jane Metcalfe's Phyllis are...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Peers Without Peers and Dracula | 8/11/1978 | See Source »

Soft words and a smooth swap: then a chilling summons

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: U.S. vs. U.S.S.R.: Two on a Seesaw | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

A few days later the city will mail a summons to Hair's producers for an offense that was not even on the books in 1968: noise pollution.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Manhattan: Reliving the '60s | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

Speaking through his lawyer, Shevchenko maintained that his summons home by Moscow was unacceptable and improper for an independent U.N. official like himself. Some U.N. aides scoffed at this explanation; whenever Shevchenko was late for a meeting, they would say it was because he had stopped off at the Soviet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Defection of an Apparatchik | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

History II, or The Myth Beneath the Whiteface: When Dylan gathered the Revue together, it was not only with the promise of good times--it was also something like an imperial summons. Most of the old New York folky crowd's careers were floundering; they were only too happy to...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Mr. Tambourine Man Goes to Hollywood | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

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