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Word: sweaters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meeting is likely to be. The other is to trust to luck but come prepared to deal with boredom. The most common solution is yarn; at every town meeting, but especially at the less interesting ones, New England Madame LaFarges churn out mile on mile of afghan and sweater...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Athenian Democracy in Small-Town New England | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

...Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and I thought I must have had a few too many beers because I noticed the guy next to me at the bar was wearing a set of furry pants, furry arms, and furry paws. What's more, he sported a bright red and white striped sweater beneath a head that distinctly resembled the taxidea taxis in my high school biology book...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: In Search of Crimson | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

...apparently couldn't make out the screams of "PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON!" but obliged the crowd when Eagleson leaned over and passed on the message. He removed his suit and replaced it with the sweater he wore so well, ending his career in proper fashion: Boston black and gold instead of Chicago black...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Orr: Ending at the Beginning | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

...have started with the blue jeans and the cardigan sweater. Then came the town meetings with hand-carried suit bag, a glass of milk and a bed with local folks. The afternoon of the national call-in with Walter Cronkite at his side was another part of being Jimmy on the spot, the man of the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Time Is Running Thin | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

Primary night brought The Duke, the strongman hero of the winter blizzard, up against the reality of his own spectacular lack of popularity. The mellow man in the crew-neck sweater, the man who had looked so great in February, had come a cropper in November, for the simple fact that he was not a likeable man. Dukakis could not campaign well, and Ed King did. King also had the issue...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Remembrance of Things Past | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

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