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Word: wonderful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Allen Ziegler's remark: "I wonder where they're going to put the mosque" is bigoted. A gentile would have been called an anti-Semite for making a similar remark about the establishment of a synagogue or any other Jewish institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Battered Dollar | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...somewhere down the line one of them learned basic chemistry, and they exploit their rather finite knowledge in a love song called "NACL" about two sympathetic characters, an atom of chlorine ("valence minus one"), and "handsome sodium." This is the kind of song that makes you wonder what there is to think about all day in the backwoods of Canada. This off the wall song, which basically tells of the romantic side to the chemical bond that makes salt, in a gentle-twangy country melody, is probably pointless, but it showcases the sisters' dry humor. Lyrics like...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: From Canada With Love | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...this year's team, however, lies in the fact that Hackett is not the only star in the Crimson galaxy. As the men in the maroon speedos demonstrated last week in trouncing a surprisingly strong Columbia team, 76-37, they have the kind of depth that makes you wonder if Bernal hasn't been taking a few lessons from his rival in Tigertown, Bill Farley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquamen Aiming at Eastern Supremacy | 12/1/1978 | See Source »

...That's the great advantage of being a political philosopher," he said. "I sometimes wonder how it came to be that I get paid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walzer Defines Political Views | 11/30/1978 | See Source »

...wonder what kind of collusion is going on between them," he added...

Author: By Miriam F. Clark, | Title: Mellen St. Residents Contest Eviction; Case Set to Go Before District Court | 11/29/1978 | See Source »

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