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Word: watts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours' drive west of Manila in Bataan province, a sprawling 620-mega-watt nuclear power generator is rising on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Its $1.1 billion price tag makes it the most costly single venture in Philippine history. It also represents a record-breaking financial windfall for the country's champion wheeler-dealer, Herminio Disini, 41. His total commissions from the project could top $40 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Tales from Disiniland | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

DIED. Donald Beates Watt, 84, founder of the Experiment in International Living, one of the first organizations to promote student exchange programs; after a long illness; in Lancaster, Pa. Founded in 1932, the organization has trained many Peace Corps volunteers, now numbers some 250,000 alumni from 100 nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 12, 1977 | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...presented to the English the night after the match. Tanner and Oxford graduate captain Reddy Watt took a simultaneous gulp of champagne from the cup. As promised, the intensity of the afternoon was already forgotten...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Notches Oxford on Polo Field | 10/4/1977 | See Source »

Abruptly, Abzug changes tempo, modulates to a reassuring croon. "That's why you're going to elect me mayor." There is electricity in the synagogue sanctuary now, and Abzug delights in every watt. "I may break my neck in the process, but I'm going to do it!" Somewhere in the back, a middle-aged housewife shouts: "Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Abzug: Rage and Asphalt Glamor | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

...newsprint recycling collection operation. This ended when Bell, after working his way manfully through what he termed "that mad dog fascist, William Safire's column" for the second day in a row by mistake, rigged a microphone he had stolen the previous spring from the Loeb into their 45 watt JBL speakers. Bell set them both out in the hall, and the residents of Winthrop J-Entry were awakened at 8 a.m. by the lunatic Appalachian...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Any last words, buddy? | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

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