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Word: watching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...delight. He took off the hat and waved it cowboy-style over his head. To open the show, Teng and Foreign Minister Huang rode twice around the arena in a stagecoach drawn by two horses. The Vice Premier waved happily to the crowd and returned to his seat to watch cowgirls race their horses around barrels and cowboys rope calves and ride bucking broncos and bulls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Teng's Triumphant Tour | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...purged, she followed him into rural exile. But when he journeyed to Japan last fall, she adopted a public role, standing ceremoniously by his side and visiting schools and factories. She also took on a sensitive post in the Communist Party's Military Advisory Commission, reportedly to keep watch on security matters for her husband. But she has no political strength of her own and is not a member of the ruling Politburo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Old Acquaintance at First Sight | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Betsy Cronkite, wife of CBS-TV Anchorman Walter: "Sometimes, if we have an evening home, we're likely to sit here with a tray and watch straight through, like Mr. Average Man, all the dumb shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 12, 1979 | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...beat the game before he becomes its bloodied victim. Yet the plot is so familiar that the audience figures out the moves at least an hour before the characters do. By the time the inevitable climax finally arrives, most moviegoers may wish they had stayed at home to watch a truly exciting sport-like, say, The $20,000 Pyramid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Adrift in a Winter Wonderland | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Kleinfelder gave several reasons for the transformation: "I want to talk about Karen Smith. I think she's given the team some personality. People love to watch her reject shots. People come to see her; they see the team, and they come back," she says...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Climbing the Ivy Tower | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

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