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Word: wraith (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seriously looking for a new car for that special someone, why buy from a department store? Foreign motors in Boston sells Rolls-Royces, the least expensive of which, the Silver Shadow, costs $77,600. The Silver Wraith, the next step up, is $91,000, and the top of the line Corniche convertible sells for $140,000. It looks best in canary, with the camel interior. If the cars themselves are a bit out of your price range, you can give a Rolls-Royce key chain...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: All I Want for Christmas......Is A Blimp or Two | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Jefferson Vander Wolk plays the Grand Inquisitor, a Machiavellian type who kidnapped the prince to prevent the spread of Wesleyanism, with less character. Vander Wolk's voice is strong, but for a powerbroker his appearance is rather wraith-like until he trips awkwardly into songs...

Author: By Chris Healey, | Title: Blinded Venetians | 12/8/1977 | See Source »

...power, he lived a sunless, joyless, half-lunatic life in those same hideaways, a virtual prisoner walled in by his own crippling fears and weaknesses. Once a dashing, vibrant figure, he neglected his appearance and health during his last 15 years until he became a pathetic wraith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...runners dominated the track events, giving their foes double trouble. One was a horse: Cuba's 6-ft. 3-in., 185-lb. Alberto Juantorena. The other, a wraith: Finland's 5-ft. 11-in., 132-lb. Lasse Viren. Between them they not only took four gold medals, they wrote unprecedented achievements into the record book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Glittering Quest for Gold | 8/9/1976 | See Source »

...session left troubling questions unanswered, doubts unresolved, and Ford still struggling to find a way of exorcising the wraith of Nixon that haunts his presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: The Pardon: Questions Persist | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

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