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Word: wee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Well, life is tough. And so, hockey junkies, is this specially prepared mass of trivia. Sure, there are a few easy ones, just to give the fringe fans some cheap, undeserved thrills. But we know better. Let those "acquainted" with the sport get lulled into complacency by the pee-wee league questions...and then get crushed when Judgment Day comes and they can't even tell you that Harvey "Busher" Jackson led the league in scoring...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Watch Out: One More (Stanley Cup) Final to Go | 1/24/1979 | See Source »

...crusader), but just important enough to let you know that Eat's heart (or ear trumpet) is in the right place. "Sometimes I get a little insulted for my sex." she says. So there was the injustice that popped up at HEW. "The Ladies' Locker Room is a wee one-third the size of the Men's Locker 'Room." Califano concocted a solution. "The Gap is closing, Earwigs. (Did everyone notice that Friday, C&P's Weather Lady was a man?)" Not a big step, but we all have to start somewhere...

Author: By Amy B. Mclntosh, | Title: All Eyes and Ears | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...opportunistic as his sales pitch. He lacks great size or speed but he has a knack of finding the seam in zone defenses that he attributes to the perspective he gained while playing quarterback. His ability to catch the ball under pressure would undoubtedly earn him the nickname "the wee ice mon" if he played on the Isle of Skye eleven...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The M(a)cLeod 'Brothers': Nos. 23 and 43 Are OK | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

...bestseller list, where it has shown remarkable staying power. This lively sequel obviously hopes to re-Ipeat the gnomic phenomenon. g Froud and Lee concentrate mainly on the folklore of the British land Emerald isles, though they note that nearly every culture has its appropriate Third World of mischievous wee folk. A Celtic bumpkin can be enticed by his loccal wood spirits into a jigathon that makes years seem like minutes. In America, a Catskill rube glike Rip Van Winkle loses himself in the revels of a dwarf bowling league...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Enchanted Circle | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...take someone you love or like a lot out to dinner on a Friday or Saturday night. Have a modest meal--some medium-priced seafood, perhaps (lobster is okay if you can afford it)--and a carafe of Chablis. Don't overdo it: you should emerge a wee bit sloshed and pleasurably filled. Skip dessert (that's the movie). Then go see Revenge of the Pink Panther. Make sure the movie theater is filled (there's nothing more depressing than watching a Panther movie in an empty theater). What you do afterwards is your own business, but you'll probably...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: PANTHER PUREE | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

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