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Word: wouldn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then the sheep heard that the Council of Owls was involved in another meadow in a far off land called Aparkside, where the white sheep lived high off the hog (excuse the metaphor) by making the black sheep work really hard for them. And the white sheep wouldn't let the black sheep form a flock, and made them eat bad apples that caused many of the little lambs to die before they grew up. The Vard Council of Owls had a deal with the Aparkside rulers, in which Aparkside rulers like the John the Horsester gave Vard money...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Derek the Duck and John the Fox | 4/29/1978 | See Source »

...angrily and burned the grass in effigy, and suddenly Derek the Duck waddled out of the pond and headed for the holy oak in the meadow. And the sheep ran around the duck and asked him to talk about why the Owls hadn't listened to them, but he wouldn't say anything. He just kept waddling towards the holy oak, surrounded by four bulldogs, and Archie the badger, John the fox, and Roso the bear...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Derek the Duck and John the Fox | 4/29/1978 | See Source »

Play It Again, Sam. So what do you do if you're short and ugly? We wouldn't know. But Woody Allen has had to grapple with this problem for several years now, and apparently he has come up with a workable--if not ideal--solution: turn your shortcomings into assets. To date, Allen has made half a dozen films in which short guys come out on top. By far the best of these is "Play It Again, Sam," the tale of a romantically successful Bogart fan. In Bogart, Allen has found the perfect role model for all the short...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kubrick Gets His Kicks; Hawks Hyperventilates | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

...never understand the mind of the baseball player, or the workings of a team, for that matter. How a squad can pitch one day and hit the next and do neither on the third. But luckily that's not important to us, and if it were, it wouldn't be nearly as important as the non-serious part of their world. Watch your step...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: On the Road With the 'Crimson Dogs' | 4/25/1978 | See Source »

...freshman, who wished to remain anonymous, said. "Even if the Corporation were to withdraw from South Africa, it wouldn't have any positive effect on the situation between the blacks and the whites," in the country...

Author: By L. DAVID Hanower, | Title: Rally Elicits Mixed Reactions From Yard Library Dwellers | 4/25/1978 | See Source »

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