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Word: walking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nelson, who cannot walk easily because of a sprained back, called the University Police, and with the help of friends, dragged the mattress outside in front of the building...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Extinguishers Fail to Operate In Pennypacker Mattress Fire | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

John Droney had held the office virtually unopposed since his appointment by then-U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy '40 in 1959. For the last three years of his reign he had suffered from a debilitating illness that hindered his ability to speak or walk without some form of assistance. Through the workings of his publicity-oriented office and the efforts of his highly-capable, highly-ambitious first assistant, John F. Kerry, Droney created the facade of an active crime-buster seeking another term...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Why did the Republican Cross the Road? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Whether the fence will actually keep out illegal immigrants is an open question even to Norris. Said he of the immigrants: "They'll run cars through it or put a cutting torch to it." Or simply walk around it. Mexican Americans regard the fence as insulting. Said Vilma Martinez, president of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund: "With all due respect to Robert Frost, good fences do not make good neighbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Justice's Wall | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...criticize final clubs. Cleveland Amory wrote that Harvard officials at the time considered the clubs "a necessary evil," from which much of the University's wealth was drawn. One of Amory's friends wondered why it was necessary to have a group of men who "dress alike, look alike, walk alike, talk alike, and, if pressed, think alike...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: From Pig to Porc: The Changing World of Final Clubs | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...which seems a lot like the old glory days of the Celtics. Boy, even when the Celtics were winning all those championships I was still on the bench watching Don Larsen on the mound. He used to scuff up the ball, and the umpire would walk out to the mound, and then the manager would come out, and before you knew anything. I'd be traded to another team. Back to you, Tony...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: With Many Thanks... | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

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