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Word: swiftly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first show, with a line that would make prime-time programmers blanch: "God can't be perfect; everything he makes dies." By the time Lily Tomlin came on to host the fifth show, SN had a cult following. She made it a smash, her double-edged style and swift undercuts setting off SN's frenzied variety. Suddenly, everyone wanted to act as host: Richard Pryor, Elliott Gould, Buck Henry, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, the British satirists, and this week Dick Cavett. The writers, of course, want someone a little different: King Olav of Norway, Patty Hearst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flakiest Night of the Week | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

...unemployed. Before he died, Martin Luther King Jr. had been immersed in planning a Poor People's Campaign with the same goal. Then came the sniper's shot that killed him in Memphis on April 4, 1968, the two-month pursuit of his killer, and the swift conviction of a smirking, small-time thief named James Earl Ray. Yet nearly eight years later, the widespread feeling still persists that King's murder has not really been solved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The King Assassination | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

Gulliver's Travels. Swift's satire set to original music. Presented by the Cambridge Ensemble at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 1151 Mass. Ave., through February 28. Performances Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STAGE | 1/22/1976 | See Source »

...first period brought Crimson tallies from Jon Keeley, who had two hours alone in front of Eagle goaltender Paul Skid-more before beating the BC freshman with a flip shot; Phelps Swift, off a beautiful pass from Bill Hozack (who had three assists); and Horton, with a rebound of a Todd Nieland shot from the point...

Author: By Michael K.savit, | Title: Crimson Skaters End First Term on Good Note | 1/21/1976 | See Source »

Freshman defenseman Jim Trainor opened the second period with a weak, bouncing slapper from the right point that startled everyone, especially Milner, when it skipped into the net at 1:23. Phelps Swift racked the count up another goal at 2:32, and O'Donoghue embarrassed Milner again, when his shot slid under the PC goaltender's stick and between his legs...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Skaters Survive Third Period Friar Rally, 6-5 | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

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