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Word: wowing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drink massive quantities of beer, "hump chicks," and sap off other people's notebooks. JC wanders around the stage perpetually stoned--his first words in the play come when he lumbers into the room for the first time and sees Stan and Jim and their unpacked mess: "Oh wow, man." A contrast to the freshman goofies is provided by Jim Propp, who depicts Stan's older pre-med brother, Abe. Propp, too, plays his stereotype to the last detail, his very presence on the stage annoying the hell out of everyone in the building...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: Finding Our Lost Cookies | 12/3/1977 | See Source »

...first glance, the diminutive, 5-ft. swimmer does not seem like the awesome figure she can be in the water; but Crimson Coach Stephanie Walsh says. "Her size does not tell the story. She's really tough. In competition...wow, she's just great...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Diving Back In | 11/18/1977 | See Source »

...while and wanted to return. The man was taken to an apartment in Jersey City, where an "informer" was being held, then handed a pistol with.a silencer. As José tells it, "The brother turned around and pulled the trigger three times against the man's head. Wow, was he surprised when it didn't work!" The gun was not loaded. The "informer" was, of course, a decoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Forecast: More Bombs Ahead | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

They'll never top first stunt: skier hurtles off precipice. Long breathtaking plunge. Shucks off skis in midair, free-falls for a while, then opens parachute and floats earthward. Wow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Giggles, Wiggles, Bubbles and Bond | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

Every state in the Union is in dire need of a "king of the referendum" such as the North Dakotans are blessed with in the person of Millionaire Robert McCarney [June 13]. He saved his state's taxpayers some $200 million. Wow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 4, 1977 | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

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