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Word: christmases (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Well before noon on Christmas Day, horror-stricken adults will issue forth from every child-equipped house in the nation. They will be dismayed because they have seen the future. The future works, as it turns out, but only if they make a run for more batteries. Not, as in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Those Beeping, Thinking Toys | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

When hand-held computer toys and games first appeared on the market two years ago, retail sales climbed briskly to between $35 million and $40 million. This year's retail sales should be ten times greater (against total toy sales of about $5.5 billion). The great beep forward came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Those Beeping, Thinking Toys | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Joyce Flynn, a tutor in Winthrop, said that Davis was always concerned about students. "One year at Christmas he invited the students who had no place to go for Christmas dinner to his home," she added.

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: 230 Winthrop Residents Sign Petition Against Dining Hall Manager Transfer | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

There could be no better present than a good contract for dining hall workers, said Edward Childs, co-chief shop steward of Local 26. "I'd like Harvard to see how Scrooge in 'The Christmas Carol' changed his mind at Christmastime. This could be a New Year's resolution," he...

Author: By Sue Brown, | Title: The Professor Who Has Everything | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

"If I had my Christmas wishes from Harvard under my tree, it would have to be a huge tree," Childs added.

Author: By Sue Brown, | Title: The Professor Who Has Everything | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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