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Word: whose (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Whose wish--just to think of it makes us all glummer--Is to have no Crimson around in the summer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Blessing | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

None of this helps the film much. The slow pace leaves the Brink's gang looking like the Three Stooges on quaaludes. Falk and his cohorts Paul Sorvino, Allen Goorwitz and Peter Boyle (whose intermittent Irish accent has to be heard to be believed), all ham up their little peculiarities, but things never quite start rolling. The pace starts to pick up midway through the film, when Warren Oates appears as a half-crazed demolition expert whose plans to blow up the Brink's safe with a bazooka stun the rest of the gang into disbelief...

Author: By Tom Hines, | Title: It's Been Done Before | 12/14/1978 | See Source »

Since 1947, when Perry created the bureau as an advisory program for freshmen, it has expanded to a staff of 11 counselors whose duties include tutoring, teaching refresher courses and giving a reading class for almost 600 students each year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Perry, Study Bureau Director, Retires | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

...part, I believe that changing the name could give offense and demonstrate insensitivity to many people who are dedicated to this University and its purposes and whose financial contributions make possible our independent pursuit of learning (emphasis added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yes On 1 | 12/12/1978 | See Source »

...exceptional antique rugs have risen as much as 1000% during the past seven years, especially at auctions where oil-rich Middle Easterners are eagerly buying back the treasures of their heritage. The Splendor of Persian Carpets by E. Gans-Ruedin (Rizzoli; 566 pages; $85) shows off some spectacular examples whose color values are faithfully reproduced in more than 100 full-page illustrations. The most magnificent carpets are from the 16th century and, not surprisingly, can be found in Tehran's Carpet Museum. The text is in English and Farsi, the language of Iran, but words can not compete with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Library of Christmas Gifts | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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