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Word: thinness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...team's proud history-the Canadiens had every reason to assume that the nearest challenger in their N.H.L. division was far behind in a shower of ice chips. Not so. The upstart Los Angeles Kings, previously one of the league's most feckless losers, were within a thin one point of the streaking Canadiens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: King of the Kings | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

...corridors of power. The former head of the Central Intelligence Agency was once again defending himself and the agency against charges of overstepping authority. Helms, now 61, moved about in the best traditions of his earlier trade, seeing few people, saying nothing, offering only a fleeting glimpse of his thin frame to newsmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Another Look at the CIA | 1/20/1975 | See Source »

Johnson's greatest talent was his ability to create aircraft that pushed men and materials to their limits-and beyond. Wedding glider design to jet technology, he created the long, thin-winged U2, which for almost four years flew so high (80,000 ft.) over Soviet territory that no plane or missile could reach it; it was only when Francis Gary Powers' U-2 was downed by a new Soviet missile in 1960 that the world learned of the spy plane's existence. Johnson's double delta YF-12 interceptor remained unchallenged for a decade until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Farewell to Kelly Johnson | 1/20/1975 | See Source »

...woman is tall and thin, with short blondish hair; she looks vaguely unusual. Perhaps it is that she is so nervous and full of energy--her long arms and fingers constantly dart about, lighting cigarettes and touching her hair. She has big, quick-moving eyes that sweep the whole room as she talks...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Building a Cause in the Office | 1/15/1975 | See Source »

Sexually Irresponsible. The plot is thin. A young man named Louie (Zane Lasky) has impregnated five women, sired nine children by them and cast their support on the bowed back of the U.S. taxpayer. A black deliveryman, Lewis (Cleavon Little), is mistaken for this paragon of sexual irresponsibility, and his favors are courted by a family whose minds and hearts consist of liberal mush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Dipsy Doodle | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

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