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Word: surprisingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sales figures are mute testimony to his claim: the quantity of alcoholic beverages consumed has risen from 934 million gal. in 1965 to 1,549 million in 1977-14 gal. per capita. (By contrast U.S. per capita consumption in 1977 was 25 gal. But public drunkenness in the U.S. is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Drinking as a Way of Life | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

The record will not stand unchallenged for long; Boeing could break it later this year if it receives orders from American or United Airlines for its new generations of 767 and 777 jets, which are now on the drawing boards. What seemed surprising was that a deal of last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Boeing Wins an Asian Bonanza | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

The disease has always been regarded as extremely rare. But doctors at Ostersund Hospital and in the Swedish district of Hede have just reported a surprising number of cases. After seeing ten cases in two years, Dr. K. Sigvard Olsson and colleagues screened 347 people, 96.4% of the total community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bread and Iron | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

If Burl Reynolds wanted to he could spend the rest of his life playing nice guys in trivial movies. He is the best light leading man around, and as long as he plays it safe, he can pull in the big bucks. But Reynolds is restless; he tries to stretch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Nice Guy | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

It's not surprising that Bonnie is a backer of the anti-nuke movement, given her history. She's no novice on the political scene.

Author: By Talli S. Nauman, | Title: Bonnie Raitt's No-Nuke Blues | 5/19/1978 | See Source »

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