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Word: weirdly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effect upon such a bedroom community, with its $35,000 Spanish-style houses and stucco split-levels, has been a weird suburban anxiety. Twelve families living along Wright Avenue have killed 27 rattlers so far this year, and as one housewife said, "It's hardly even summer." One man found a snake coiled on the front seat of his car. The snakes slither across manicured lawns, nest in the coolness of garages and patios. Reid Waddell, a 42-year-old butcher, bent down to pick up his evening paper and saw a rattler side-winding across his driveway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: The Rattlesnakes of Pinole | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

...second team is Process. They wear long black capes, come from London, and worship Satan. They also ask for money to further the cause, and in return they will give you some weird magazines about their beliefs. Neither of these teams matters a lot, but they play a good game of Square...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Cosmic Laughs in the Square | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

...usual stream of cars and pedestrians recaptured the streets. The Record American called it a riot-but the Globe refused to characterize it. For those who missed it, the "disturbance" may sound like a replay of April 15, but for those who were there, it was a confusing truly weird event...

Author: By Mark H. Odonogue, | Title: Off the Town Another Riot? | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

...People assumed we were playing the role of a junior, weird Audobon Society," said an Ecology Action organizer, "almost as though they felt safest with us in that role...

Author: By Bruce E. Johnson, | Title: Ecology Is A Dodge | 4/22/1970 | See Source »

Before the actual touchdown Wednesday night, Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Haise will swoop in from the east, easily clearing an 800-ft.-high ridge at the approach to their landing area. Ahead will be a curious horseshoe-shaped feature called Weird Crater. Lovell, who has logged more time in space than any other man (572 hr. 10 min.), will probably attempt to set down between two groups of craters named Doublet and Triplet. If he overshoots his prime target, he may try for one of two nearby alternative landing sites picked by NASA planners (see chart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Dawning of Aquarius | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

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