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Word: surprisingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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PART OF THE APPEAL of John Carpenter's Halloween and Assault on Precinct 13 lies in their essential vileness, and in the harsh, sly, single-minded persistence with which Carpenter strums and strains his audience's nerves. Assault on Precinct 13 is a kind of hipped-up, relocated Western: an...

Author: By Larry Shapiro, | Title: Nuts and Jolts | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

If not the largest and most powerful tribe to emerge with this new lifestyle, the Sioux certainly have become the most well-known. They and the Cheyenne rode down Custer; Sitting Bull and his entourage performed in Wild Bill Hickcock's Wild West Show and West Point cadets studied Crazy...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: Perpetuating an American Stereotype | 3/20/1979 | See Source »

He may have had his hands full with more down-to-earth problems last week, but even President Carter took time out to watch an otherworldly show as the Voyager 1 spacecraft made its closest approach to the giant planet Jupiter. Coming within 278,000 km (172,400 miles) of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: There's a Ring, By Jupiter | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

An interesting idea has emerged from the debate on divestiture, Mr. President, the idea that excellence in research and teaching depends on the exploitation of black South Africans, that the financial costs of divestiture might impair what you termed in your open letter of March 9 our "special mission" in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Continuing Critique | 3/16/1979 | See Source »

Because supporters of home rule can be found on both sides of the devolution issue, as can supporters of a continued United Kingdom, it is not surprising that the significance of the devolution vote is foggy. Add to this the charge that more than ten per cent of the names...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: Scot and Lot | 3/16/1979 | See Source »

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