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Word: thought (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Where power goes, there goes history. The meeting between John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna in 1961 may have precipitated the Cuban missile crisis because the Soviet leader thought he faced a callow kid. Lyndon Johnson used his jet like seven-league boots, striding over the world with low-calorie root beer and Texas steaks in the galley, gathering Prime Ministers around him as he worried about Viet Nam, presiding above the clouds from his automatic chair that went up and down at the touch of a button. There may never be another presidential moment like the Monday night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Into the Wild Blue Yonder | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...What never fails to happen?" asked the Serbo-Croation major who thought he knew about hockey...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: A Funny Thing Happened...Out West | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

Written from New York City and London, the letters show that Wolfe wanted McCall's "honest opinion about what the people back home thought about his books," Linda Hagan said yesterday...

Author: By Matthew H. Lynch, | Title: Thomas Wolfe Letters Found By Couple in North Carolina | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

Newspapers and magazines went wild with new year lists: the best/worst of the year before, and what to expect in the year to come. Very few lines are worth reading, we think--after all, does it really matter what any newspaper's three critics thought were the ten best restaurants? However, Vincent Canby in the Times actually used the forum to make a valid point: with all the talk about Star Wars and escapism, it's worth remembering that people's reaction to the Cowardly Lion didn't tell anyone much about World...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trees Died for These Sins | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

Both freshman athletes thought that freshman teams should be retained in order to give as many people as possible a chance to play intercollegiate sports

Author: By Joan Feigenbaum, | Title: Freshmen Now Eligible For Most Varsity Teams | 1/5/1978 | See Source »

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