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Word: yard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other Red Berets drove off six men trying to rape a woman on a Brooklyn elevated platform, Sliwa disarmed a man with a sawed-off shotgun by using a Kung Fu kick to the head. But he himself spun over the guardrail and fell 18 feet into a freight yard. He suffered only heavy bruises and strained muscles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: The Magnificent 13 | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

Three night watchmen who patrol the cluttered yards of an industrial plant in the French Riviera town of La Seyne-sur-Mer were about to begin their 3 a.m. rounds when they heard five dull thuds from one of three unmarked rectangular hangars on the factory grounds. Rushing to the building, they found its alarm system disconnected but its hermetically sealed doors unopened. No intruder was spotted scaling the yard's 6-ft. walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Atom Thriller | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

Puzzled by the sudden appearance of green flakes on the ground in the Yard? You will be relieved to know that it is nothing more than fibrous mulch...

Author: By Dayna L. Cunningham, | Title: Harvard Yard Gets Spring Face Lift | 5/4/1979 | See Source »

...fibrous mulch, imbedded with grass seed, is part of the Yard's $6000 Spring make-over. Bernard K. Keohan, acting superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, (B&G), said yesterday...

Author: By Dayna L. Cunningham, | Title: Harvard Yard Gets Spring Face Lift | 5/4/1979 | See Source »

...hydroseeding, the green fibrous mulch and seed are mixed with liquid fertilizer and sprayed over the surface of the lawn. Norman A. Gray, of Transit Seeding Inc., the contractors seeding the Yard, said yesterday...

Author: By Dayna L. Cunningham, | Title: Harvard Yard Gets Spring Face Lift | 5/4/1979 | See Source »

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