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Word: unravelled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jobs (such as dishwashing and working as a telephone lineman) into a million-dollar business that included cigarette manufacturing, dealing in rugs, hides and furs, and operating a decrepit tramp freighter. His formula: 20-hour work days, a penchant for juggling several deals at one time, an ability to unravel the complex maritime laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: One of the Last Tycoons | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

What makes Pilobolus more engaging than other well-trained, well-rehearsed troupes is their unique approach to dance that integrates elements of gymnastics, acrobatics, mime and acting. The ability to blend and unravel their bodies in controlled and interesting ways adds a special energy to their movements, most evident when the entire group dances. Moreover, Pilobolous shows how much the human form can communicate both thematically and visually without complicated sets, elaborate costumes or even words...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Graceful Contortions | 2/6/1975 | See Source »

Watergate has been one of the most demanding stories TIME has ever reported. For over two years, TIME'S Washington correspondents covered, and helped to unravel, the conspiracy. In critical phases - the Saturday Night Massacre, the impeachment hearings and Nixon's resignation - all 21 men and women in the bureau worked together to cover events and reaction. Leisurely weekends became a vague memory for those assigned to the story full time, since key newsbreaks so often came on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings, hours when sources were least accessible. Looking back from the perspective of last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 13, 1975 | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...glimpse at the kind of muddling that goes into Abe's prose shows how much value he places in forcing the reader to unravel what should be simple statements...

Author: By Greg Lawless, | Title: The Box-Man Numbeth | 1/10/1975 | See Source »

Love for Love displays all these characteristics, and it is difficult to imagine a more delightful revival than that mounted by the New Phoenix Repertory Company. Harold Prince has directed it with a marvelously light touch, and the cast bestows elegance on the incessant sexual innuendo. To unravel the plot would be as tricky as negotiating the Minotaur's labyrinth, but it remains understandable throughout the evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Elegantly Spicy | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

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