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Word: young (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Three young men discovered the body floating face-up on the Charles near the Weeks Footbridge at about 11:30 a.m. Friday and called the police, who pulled the body from the river...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: MDC Police Seeking Identity Of Body Pulled From River | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...consensus at the workshop on "Fighting the New Right" was against her. And featured speaker James Farmer, black activist from the '60s, declared, "The Klan has a right to march and should be protected." After the meeting Farmer patiently argued with the woman and just as patiently reassured a young, blind Jewish man about relations between blacks and Jews. These days, Farmer, tall, stout and barrel-chested with an eyepatch and a sympathy for Moshe Dayan, often finds himself cast in the role of moderate elder statesman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faces in the Crowd | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

Perhaps the strong showing in the nothing-to-lose game against the Olympic Team loosened up the young squad. Team USA blanked the Crimson, 5-0, on Nov. 10. But last night, the icemen played calm, composed, yet aggressive, hockey...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Flying Frosh Lead Pucksters to Win | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...tale about a man who lets his passion for jogging run away with him. Michael Andropolis (Michael Douglas) is discovered living in a cold-water flat in one of Manhattan's least appetizing districts, a couple of attempts at a respectable career left behind, his wife and two young daughters abandoned also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dubious Victory | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

These demons turn out to be not very amusing. Young Michael, it seems, was reared by a family that overstressed winning. He became so afraid of losing that he developed to near-genius level the ability to find excuses for not competing at all. So now Michael does not have to win the big race at the end. All he has to do is run it full out, and if you are actually wondering if he manages to do so, then you had better run right along to Running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dubious Victory | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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