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Word: timber (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bonnies will probably come into the tournament with only one loss--UCLA December 21--and Cincinnati is no fallen timber either, sporting a 5-1 log and a fine center, Ron Hightower...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Crimson Cagers to Face Temple Owls In Quaker City Christmas Tournament | 12/20/1973 | See Source »

Caswell said most of the wood sold by T&B comes from farmers in New Hampshire who cut down tall trees from their lands. The farmers sell the timber to lumber companies and sell the top sections of the trees to firewood distributors...

Author: By Christopher B. Daly, | Title: Possible Fuel Shortage Spurs Sales of Firewood at Harvard | 12/4/1973 | See Source »

...company executives think will house 650,000 people by the year 2000. ITT has put some thought into planning: residential areas will be separated by greenbelts, and all houses (only 180 built so far) will be hooked up to company-owned water and sewage plants. But ITT can harvest timber from a buyer's lot until his payments are completed, leaving him with the cost of removing stumps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: The New American Land Rush | 10/1/1973 | See Source »

...rocky belt that used to produce 82% of the nation's iron ore and still yields 63% in iron and taconite, the iron pellets sifted magnetically from huge loads of earth. Below the Canadian border stretch vast expanses of forests and lakes, a region of shaggy and pristine beauty. Timber wolves roam there. Moose can be seen feeding in the clearings. Sometimes a bald eagle is spotted atop an enormous pine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: Minnesota: A State That Works | 8/13/1973 | See Source »

...fall, Minnesota is a hunting society: 253,668 deer licenses are issued annually. But for all the gunfire, the deer population now numbers about 450,000, and seems stable. Other game includes duck and pheasant, moose, black bear and timber wolf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: Minnesota: A State That Works | 8/13/1973 | See Source »

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