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Word: toms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...darkened cottage is one of the most effective in the film, thanks largely to Sutherland's knowing grins and his wolfish, slightly stoned expression. Karen Allen charms as Katy, the girlfriend of one of the Deltas who thinks the whole gang is incredibly childish, if funny. And Tom Hulce and Stephen Furst as, respectively, the nerdy and corpulent freshmen pledges who first gawk at, then engage in, the wildness of the frat effectively portray the change from immature awkwardness to full-fledged idiocy...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: College the Way It Should Have Been | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...moved to the net to volley Jimmy's returns. Until recently, the sight of Borg at the net was as rare as, say, a display of good manners by Ilie Nastase. But Borg charged to the front court frequently and effectively in his semifinal with The Netherlands' Tom Okker, and decided to continue against Connors in the duel he called "one of my best matches ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swedish-Czech Coronation | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

...blame them? A possible contender shipped off Bob McAdoo, Jim McMillian, Moses Malone and Tom McMillen. Now, the entire organization is gone; and to some, that disappearance is welcome...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The Boston-San Diego-Buffalo Shuffle | 7/14/1978 | See Source »

...estimated 46,000 Cubans now in Africa, about 8,000 are civilians. Cuban doctors and paramedics provide much of the medical service in Angola and virtually all of it on the islands of São Toméand Principe, a Democratic Republic that was once a Portuguese colony. There are Cuban engineering teams all over the continent. In Angola, nearly 800 Cuban teachers are running makeshift schools under the impressive banner of "The Che Guevara Internationalist Pedagogical Detachment." More Peace Corps than Afrika Korps, most of the teachers are barely out of secondary school themselves. Their average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Comrade Fidel Wants You | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

Most overrated: James Reston. Most respected: David Broder. Least respected: Rowland Evans and Robert Novak. Most pretentious: Joseph Kraft. Most thoughtful: Richard Strout and John Osborne of the New Republic. Most predictable: Patrick Buchanan and Tom Wicker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: Trying to Be Wise Three Times a Week | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

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