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Word: wetness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wet and windy December 21 afternoon, high winds ripped one corner of Harvard's 5-year-old temporary track bubble and within two minutes the vinyl-coated nylon, air-supported structure had completely collapsed...

Author: By H. JEFFREY Leonard, | Title: Harvard's Big Bubble Collapses | 6/13/1974 | See Source »

...credibility of the firm conducting the study, C.E. Maguire Inc., is low, and its findings are unlikely to have much impact upon the hearts and minds of Cambridge residents. One member of the task force confided he expects Maguire to turn out little more than "wads of wet toilet paper...

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Pei's Scaled-Down Plan Meets Some Objections | 6/12/1974 | See Source »

...bolts of melody: Judy Garland traveling the yellow brick road in The Wizard of Oz; the unfinished face of Frank Sinatra apostrophizing Manhattan in On the Town; Fred Astaire, the world's most sophisticated stick figure, dancing on the ceiling in Royal Wedding; Gene Kelly's soaking-wet aria in Singin'in the Rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: That Was Entertainment | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...grin then and he slowly began to remove his watch, take the change out of his pockets, and put away anything he didn't want wet as a prelude to being thrown into the lake...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Harvard Crews Sweep to Five of Six Titles In Outstanding Performance at Eastern Sprints | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...cold and wet afternoon, suitable only for ducks and midshipmen, Navy could throw up only token resistance to the Crimson nine-run, fifteen-hit barrage...

Author: By James W. Reinig and William E. Stedman, S | Title: Harvard Wins Three Games | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

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