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Word: tins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...incident concerning Olympic athletes from Taiwan is the sort of action we have come to expect from tin-pot Third World dictatorships. For the first time in my life I feel truly ashamed to be a Canadian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Aug. 16, 1976 | 8/16/1976 | See Source »

...more dutiful leap toward modern realism takes place in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and falls a bit off-balance. Williams actually meant Paul Newman's character, the football star on the skids, to be haunted by his betrayal of a male lover (here, a male friend). They had to gloss over all the hints in this version, but Newman does well with the toothless make-shift. Elizabeth Taylor doesn't deliver the performance I expected from the legend, but those fond remembrances may have hailed back mostly to her more svelte youth. And both actors have...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Film | 8/13/1976 | See Source »

...Streetcar Named Desire, 4 and 8:10, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Film | 8/13/1976 | See Source »

...ditty: a popular night for pah-ties, though in Wash-tin, pah-ties are often thrown on Mun-dee, Toos-dee. We's-dee, Thush-dee, Frah-dee and Sun-dee as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Glossary from Cot-tuh Country | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

...hoarders and speculators, gold lately has had about as much luster as a rusty tin can. In the 19 months since gold purchases became legal for U.S. citizens, the price has fallen more than 40% from its peak of $198 an ounce. In three chaotic days of trading last week, gold fell $14 on the London market, reaching a 31-month low of $105.50 an ounce. Though the price recovered to $111 by week's end, that is still a dismal figure for goldbugs, who not long ago were forecasting prices of $300 or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: The Great Gold Bust | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

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