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Word: texan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Appointed Robert Strauss, the witty and smooth-talking Texan who has become the Administration's trade negotiator and chief troubleshooter, as the President's special counsellor on inflation. That presaged a step-up in efforts to jawbone against excessive wage-price boosts, with Strauss as the premier jawboner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Next Round Against Inflation | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...best damn appointment Jimmy Carter has made," drawled Bob Strauss not long before the President gave him the additional job of ambassador-with-jawbone to Big Business and labor in the battle to check inflation. Immodesty is part of the ebullient Texan's style. So, too, are profanity, sensitivity, a dislike for pretense, a taste for good whisky, and deft persuasiveness in almost any matter involving politics and politicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Rise of Robert Strauss | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Leading 5-1 in the third set against Quaker Steve Berliner, Walker's game suddenly turned cold, and before he knew it, the Texan found himself on the wrong end of a 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 score...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Racquetmen Punish Penn, 6-3, For Sixth Victory in a Row | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...some big guns return. Lundy, known as "The Doctor" for his steady surgical brand of play, and for his long hours of work, will play at number-one after three years at the two spot. Smiling Texan guitar-picker Scott Walker moves up from three to two, while Don Pompan, a freshman whiz from Southern California, has jumped into the three spot...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Stick, Racquet Wielders Head for Mason-Dixon | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

...Sometimes I wish I wasn't as good so the crowd would react more to what I do," says the 21-year-old Czechoslavakian-turned-Texan...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Alone at the Top, Without the Applause | 3/18/1978 | See Source »

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