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Word: wiltse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next day the man goes to his office, hangs up his coat and sits at a typewriter. Time passes. No typing occurs. The man's natural optimism wilts. He is vacant of ideas, except for one that grows progressively more attractive: this, finally, is the day for throwing himself out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Humor Man | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

That is an insult to almost everyone's intelligence. Whether Lance's actions are illegal is not the critical question. Common sense tells most of the nation that Lance's actions are so far from the norm as to be bizarre. Thus as Carter and his people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Jimmy Behind Closed Doors | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

The vultures are hovering. The host of "Death Valley Days," a former B-movie actor named Ronald Reagan, is creeping through the desert, dazed by the blazing sun, in hot pursuit of a desperado. Ronnie sweats under the bright lights, shivers a little, and wilts in the heat. Reagan's...

Author: By Thomas S. Blanton, | Title: Death Valley Went for Reagan | 3/13/1976 | See Source »

In the summer I live so close to my neighbor I can hear him sweat... his lawnmower wilts my cereal:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Whole Look of Heaven | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

Traditional rural music, especially, has been passed down without the benefit (or burden) of an intellectual framework. Country people who gathered at picnics, frolics and in honky-tonks managed to enjoy nearly anything: jigs, cakewalks, reels, buck dances, waltzes, blues. They had their heroes, but no super-stars. The reputation...

Author: By Charlie Allen, | Title: True Blues | 12/6/1971 | See Source »

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