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Word: sures (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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LIDDY STRODE stealthily down the carpeted hallway. He paused every few steps to make sure no one heard him. He felt carefully along the wall until his hand grasped a familiar object: a doorknob. He waited again, his chest heaving. He tried to control his breathing. From inside his plaid polyester sport jacket he drew a Mickey Mouse penlight--a gift from the gang in the Company after a memorable visit to Disneyland in 1971. He struggled with the door knob lock, employing his special tools fashioned from stolen forks. It was a motel-style lock, easily picked...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Keep the Lid On | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

Council challenger Charles J. Caragianes responded that it "is important we make sure hiring practices are not done solely for statistical purposes. Women need to get real leadership positions." Caragianes added that the city should hire more female department heads...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Candidates Discuss Affirmative Action | 10/17/1979 | See Source »

...some said need outweighs the cost. "I'm not sure we can afford it, but I certainly think that we need it, Virginia Call away said yesterday. "The cost should be according to what you earn, but I definitely believe in insurance for everybody," Callaway added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Voters Suspicious Of National Health Insurance | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

...passing day, with each breaking tragedy, the visceral source of Christianity--of almost any religious faith--becomes more distant, yet more dear and alluring. And perhaps a society which has relegated the doctrine of love to its churches and temples and books can no longer afford to be so sure of itself. Science and technology have taught us so much, the Pope acknowledged almost wryly--so much in good and bad. How close are we--at this moment--beneath the desert and in submarines, in mental hospitals and in the nuclear core, to creating Hell...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Going Away Sadly | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

...cheerleaders get few opportunities to "mingle with the football crowd," as one cheerleader put it. Coutu doubts this will change even on an away game weekend. "I'm sure when we go away, we'll be pretty much segregated. They want the guys to keep their minds on the game." She doesn't feel deprived. "I'm not there to meet the football team, I could go to guts to do that." Even after the games, the men remain elusive. "After the game they just rush into the locker room and change," Butler says...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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