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Word: tripped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fresno, Calif. (106°). Scheduled weeks ago, the tour was originally intended to tout such pet projects as a self-help volunteer fair and a community health center and to raise funds for her husband's reelection. But after the recent maelstrom, reported TIME Correspondent Johanna McGeary, the trip turned into a roving revival meeting intended to restore America's lapsed faith in Carter. "He's healthy, he's happy, he's confident," Rosalynn declared in one encounter after another. "He's a great President, and I'm proud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Selling True Grit | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...dancers themselves, the rewards are as much psychic as financial. "It's an ego trip for everybody," claims Stripper Garrett, who makes $600 a week, excluding the tips that women stuff into his G string. "It's hard later to put yourself back in the world with everyone else." There is, of course, the occasional occupational hazard: late last June, for example, Sexy Rexy, one of Freddy's Playboys, moved so well that an excited patron ripped off his bikini. An on-duty policewoman happened to be in the audience, and Rexy was subsequently arrested for indecent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: And Now, Bring on the Boys | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...unusual heat over the past several days has spurred the use of air-conditioners and pool filters, causing the REMVAC line to trip itself because of overloading, Korell said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Power Outage Hits the State; 400,000 Lose Electricity; Officials Blame Hot Weather | 7/31/1979 | See Source »

...Republic. Worse, he had to travel home each year to visit his constituents, and the allowance was a meager 40? a mile. What did he do? He padded his expense account, of course. He apparently claimed that he had traveled a total of 3,252 miles round trip from Washington, nearly double the actual mileage, producing a reimbursement of $2,601 for two trips home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Dishonest Abe | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...instead of a trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Pool Boom | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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