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Word: surprisingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only the surprising performance of Princeton's 6-ft. 11-in. center Tom Young, which included four rejections without ever leaving the ground (that must be an NCAA record), added sparkle to an otherwise lackluster performance by both squads.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cagers Fall to Tigers, 65-60 | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

A Rumanian lovely at a hotel bar in Bucharest sidled suggestively over to the American tourist. Instead of the usual offer of sexual delights, she cooed a surprising request: "Darling, you buy me a carton of Kents, O.K.?"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Butting In | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

That level already exists-at some altitudes. Cho Lin, Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing's wife, changed from one dazzling ensemble to another during her U.S. visit last week. Many Chinese panjandrums wear silken tunics that barely bow to Mao. Sumptuousness, after all, is not exactly new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Paris Fashions Go to Peking | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

The album has a few more cuts that might appeal to a much wider circle, however, than those presently engaged in concentrated punk. The most surprising song yet to come from the Ramones is the next to last song on the record, "Needles and Pins." Like the other slow tune...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: No Sleeping Pill | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

The Great Train Robbery is one of the most cynical "pure escapist" movies ever made. Crichton hasn't even bothered to conceal his disgust for his lifeless hackwork. He crams his screenplay with adventure-movie cliches, but he doesn't poke fun at them; he piles them on as if...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Nonelectric Trains | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

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