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Word: vines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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This cotton-picker name of Red Vine from the Dirty Side was rolling a pregnant skate through Watergate town other day when he passed the home twenty of lady breaker First Mama. There was no city kitty so, mercysakes, Red hammered off, keyed his rig and called "Breaker one-niner for KUY-9532. "Negative copy. That foxy lady wasn 't hanging out, didn 't have her ears on. Good buddy told her anyway, "You truck 'em easy now, Apple Betty. Eighty-eights and ten, roger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: THE BODACIOUS NEW WORLD OF C.B. | 5/10/1976 | See Source »

...owners of 15 million Citizens Band radio sets, and some of the millions more who have become familiar with CB language from records and TV shows, the message was loud and clear: a nontrucker from New York City, whose CB nickname is Red Vine, was driving his Volkswagen through Washington when he passed the White House, home of fellow CB-Owner Betty Ford, whose radionym is First Mama (TIME, May 3). There were no cops around, so he slowed down and tried to reach her on his set, using her FCC-issued call number, but got no response. The attractive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: THE BODACIOUS NEW WORLD OF C.B. | 5/10/1976 | See Source »

Think I smell the honeysuckle vine...

Author: By Steve Chapman, | Title: Runnin' Naked | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

...sensitive person to read of the death of Little Nell without laughing. Tennes see Williams provokes the same irreverence with his cloying presentation of little Heavenly's fate in Sweet Bird of Youth. Heavenly has had her "youth" cut out, leaving her "to rattle like a dried-up vine where the gulf wind blows." Bluntly put, she underwent a hysterectomy at age 15 after getting the clap from her lover, Superstud Chance Wayne, just before he skipped town to pursue a gigolo's career. Now, years later, Chance returns to claim Heavenly, ignorant of the harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Petit Guignol | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

Love is a rose but you better not pick it It only grows when it's on the vine A handful of thorns and you'll know you missed it You lose your love when you say the word "mine...

Author: By Steve Chapman, | Title: Talent Undisguised | 9/30/1975 | See Source »

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