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Word: wakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Somewhere deep in the stony, inhospitable Ogaden desert, a vicious war is being fought with sophisticated weaponry and ground troops made up largely of ill-trained and illiterate peasants. But while the outside world has been denied a look at the actual fighting, the devastation left in the wake of advancing and retreating armies is evident enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: A Desert Duel Keeps Heating Up | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...upon heads of state, and it is they who were thrilled by the meeting. As one of the world's most recognizable faces, he drew appreciative, knowing crowds from African village to Asian hamlet to European capital. If he walked a single block, he trailed a mob in his wake. Now an aged, dethroned champion, he can no longer light the ring with his skills. But the path he burned across his time remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greatest Is Gone | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

About 20 students and faculty members at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) have volunteered to help rebuild the eight Massachusetts communities declared disaster areas in the wake of this month's blizzard...

Author: By Jeffrey L. Saver, | Title: GSD Helps Local Towns Hit by Storm | 2/25/1978 | See Source »

...life he must do, O'Neill is very much the typical Irishman of the modern era. In that sense, it borders on the tragic that Reid did not see fit to give O'Neill to the world without the necessary coterie of cops and robbers trailing in his wake...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Broken Dreams and Kneecaps | 2/22/1978 | See Source »

...inspiration provided by that triumph was quickly erased by the greeting the visitors received from Harvard's all-star Medley Relay team of Duncan Pyle, Tuomo Kerola, Malcolm Cooper, and Bobby Hackett. This fearsome foursome left their meek opponents in their wake by almost 15 full seconds in a race highlighted by the tremendously versatile Cooper's split of 50.9 for 100-yd. butterfly and the invincible Hackett's freestyle split...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Swimmers Win in Home Finale; Pennsylvanians Drown, 79-34 | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

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