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Word: tins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...evening fell on Thursday, the ghettos gradually returned to normal. On some streets there was almost a sense of camaraderie between the cops and the black and Hispanic youths. Some of the officers in Bedford-Stuyvesant swung their long riot sticks like golf clubs, sending tin cans and other debris flying out of the gutter. "Hey, man," called out a black youngster with a chuckle, "your grip is all wrong." In the South Bronx, a brightly lit Ferris wheel slowly revolved in the night sky, its two-passenger chairs filled. Sporting shiny new Adidas jogging shoes, a young teenage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BLACKOUT: NIGHT OF TERROR | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

...assumed a great psychological meaning, with the result that the veto might be taken by the Russians as a sign of weakness." A senior West German general agreed. "What the West needs is the most sophisticated set of arms possible," said he. "We've already lost numerical superiority tin several categories of weapons] to the Soviets, and we can't afford to slacken on quality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Carter's Big Decision: Down Goes the B-1, Here Comes the Cruise | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...real Cabinet Room. There was a little more laughter this time, but then Ford called them to order and asked them, one at a time, for a thumbnail report on the state of the world in the areas they had controlled in more glorious days. 'Tin delighted that the Carter Administration has adopted your aircraft-noise program," Ford told William Coleman, who used to be head of the Department of Transportation. The new people were reaping a lot of benefits from the Ford Administration initiatives, lamented Jerry. Take the wiretapping bill, said Ford, turning to former Attorney General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Nos. 37, 38 and 39, All Onstage | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

Artoo Detoo's faithful robot friend, Threepio, is supposed to look vaguely human, somewhat like the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. A plaster cast was made of British Actor Anthony Daniels, who was to be the man inside. From that cast Barry constructed a golden figure of plastic, rubber, fiber glass, steel and aluminum. Threepio fairly glistened and shone when he was unveiled on the Tunisian set-but that was part of the trouble. It was so hot inside the robot body that Daniels nearly expired, and the machine's plastic and rubber joints were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: STAR WARS The Year's Best Movie | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

...those of you who entered the Lassie Look-alike Contest, the winner will be announced at the next Harvard showing of "Rin Tin Tin Makes a Mess in the Kitchen...

Author: By Sandy Cardin, | Title: Of Shoes, and Ships, and Sealing Wax | 5/24/1977 | See Source »

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