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Word: towards (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Carter claims that the troubled and uncertain times between the U.S. and Mexico are gone forever [Oct. 8]. Presumably there will be no trouble from the American side toward Mexico as long as Mexico has black gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 5, 1979 | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Dennis Barrett, in camouflage fatigues and walrus mustache, is telling about the first man he killed. "He was running toward me and I got him with 18 bullets right in the chest, brrrrrrrt! So I go over to where he went down, and he's not there. I finally find his body 50 ft. away. Now it seems medically impossible he could have crawled that far with his heart and lungs tore clean out like that. But one thing you have to learn is that people don't die the way they do in John Wayne movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Illinois: Festival of the Fed-Up | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Advancing toward the finish line, both Wehrwein and Predmore seemed to roll over and die. Wehrwein dropped back as the trio ascended the last hill before the tape, and Murphy glided right Predmore uncontested...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Murphy Captures Heptagonal Individual Crown | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

...successes the single admissions committee and the equal access policy have made since 1975 toward achieving a more balanced ratio prompted Arthurs to predict after the merger that "if there is any college that can achieve 50-50, Harvard can do it." Schwalbe recently went one step further, saying that "theoretically, women could outnumber men someday" at the college...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: So Happy Together: Admissions Under One Roof | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

...incident was just one of a number of questionable calls that marred the game. Both coaches expressed antagonism toward the referees during the game, although Yale coach Richard Kentwell's only comment after the game was "we were very lucky...They played a strong second half...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Stickwomen Stung by Yale, 3-1, Amid Complaints of Officiating | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

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