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Word: wallet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hotels had been reserved far in advance, so that I had little choice but to join the crowd sleeping in the park located next to the bullring. I unrolled my sleeping bag and arranged my sweater into a makeshift pillow. I took off my pants, which contained my wallet, passport, traveller's checks, and train pass, and put them into my knapsack, which I placed a half-foot from my head. The wine had made my head heavy, and I was out like a light. Around 4:30 a.m. I awoke with a start and, after, shaking my head...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: The Bell Tolls for Thee | 8/6/1974 | See Source »

Prices may seem high at first glance, but your taste buds will overrule your wallet by a longshot. The people are unusually friendly, and Underdog's pinball prices are lower than most places in the Square. (It also has the distinction of having a copy of Outer Space, undoubtedly the best machine ever made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Glutton's Guide to the Square | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

...after their wives have gone to bed. They show up, eye the girls, but are robbed, along with everyone else, when four masked men hit the place. The rest of the movie deals with the contortive lengths Cosby and Poitier go to to retrieve Poitier's wallet, which contains, as it turns out, a winning raffle ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: No Show | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

...ultimate sensuous bestseller, the Japanese vibrator cookbook. Yet a look at the current bestseller list makes clear that the overwhelming new theme in nonfiction is survival. The variations include plane-crash survivors in the Andes, the avoidance of heart attacks, how to drive the moths of "stagflation" from your wallet and preserve your business through better management, not to mention ways and means of hanging on to your marbles by being your own best friend. In addition, there are big books about three of the most durable survivors of the century: Rose F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman and William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Top Bananas | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

...band grew louder and Al became more sentimental as the night progressed. All the grandmothers sitting nearby got up and began dancing the hully-gully. As he stared out over the dance floor, Al pulled out his wallet and began showing family pictures...

Author: By Richard A. Samp, | Title: 'A Happy Group of Italians' | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

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