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Word: watch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thanks for telling me I'm not the only adult who ignores everything else to watch The Muppet Show. J.S. Price Arlington Heights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1979 | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...notice how the snow glowed? Late that first night when it was still falling I went outside to watch. And I saw it: the whole sky was filled with green light...

Author: By David Beach, | Title: Acts of God and Other Co-Conspirators | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

...Watch this," Hooft said, spinning the wheel on his combination lock. "Nineteen,...28..." and the lock popped open...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Disaster at the IAB | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

...yellow People's Republic flag. Discounting the police, the streets and sidewalks played host to a smaller crowd than usual, while the normal bustle was muted. Most of the people out on the streets were of Chinese descent. They tended to stop and stand fairly often--to watch the police and one another...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: A New China For the New Year | 1/5/1979 | See Source »

...people want. But they are also teaching a lot of people how things were. A strange cycle develops, with fond memories becoming part of the collective memory of an era, until all that is left of such an era are these one-sided memories. It's rather sad to watch movies in which present day movie stars yearn for the good old days, when "the movies really meant something." It is the same sadness you get when you hear the formula-rock and roll bands eulogizing how the original music is. But as anyone who saw Elvis grow...

Author: By Tom Hines, | Title: Distorted Hindsight | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

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