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Word: takin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...friend Killer, never visible on the stage but always present in her thoughts. "What is he doing?" Brown asks. "He don' do nuthin'," Geraldine replies. "What does he want to do?" Brown asks. "He's doin' it," says Geraldine. "But ain't nobody takin' pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When You're Hot, You're Hot | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

...shiny pistols hitched to their hips and were getting a little worried now because the boos were growing louder. About halfway through, one starts coming over to me looking like he wants to shoot his way out. But he says, 'Mr. Tonis, ah believe we'd be interested in takin' a look at those tunnels you mentioned...

Author: By Samuel Z. Goldhaber, | Title: A Day in the Life of Harvard's Chief Cop | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

...brawling club fighter. Circling and backpedaling, Ellis did score with enough combinations to win the first round. Yet, by the third round, it was apparent that he needed something besides style. Grinning after one exchange, Frazier chided his opponent: "Sissy, you can't hit. I'm takin' everything you got, man, and you ain't hurtin' me." In the fourth round, Frazier bulled Ellis into the ropes and felled him with two crunching left hooks. Ellis staggered to his feet only to be bludgeoned to the floor again by another murderous left. The bell sounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Free at Last? | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

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