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Word: sailing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hawaii what Mickey Mouse is to Disney World or the one-armed bandit to Las Vegas. They come for some of the world's most spectacular scenery and a variety of activities unmatched by any comparable area on earth. They come to sun, snorkel, scuba, skinny-dip, surf, sail and swim at 33 miles of superb public beaches; to cruise the crystalline waters on glass-bottomed boat, catamaran, windjammer or outrigger canoe; to golf, play tennis, deep-sea fish and surfcast; to flight see by helicopter; to beach-walk, backpack, camp, climb, ride horseback, bicycle, nature-walk, birdwatch, whale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Maui: America's Magic Isle | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

Anti-Wagner finally arrived at the Metropolitan Opera with French Director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's production of The Flying Dutchman, the tale of a legendary captain condemned to sail forever unless he is able to find a woman faithful until death. Every seven years he in a can come ashore to search for her, and in Norweigian fishing village he finds Senta, a girl obessed by fantasy who believes that she is his redemptress. It is a straightforward story, but Ponnelle has turned it all into the lurid dream of a young steersman. This allows him to dress Senta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Anti-Wagner | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...third try was successful, and the bar went up to 17-ft. even. Once again Stiles waited until the third shot to sail over and become one of the four remaining competitors...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Stiles Captures Pole Vault at NCAAs | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...famed formula E=mc2. Yet his formidable reputation never undermined his simple humanity. He spoke out courageously against social injustice. In his later years, dressed in baggy clothes, his white hair as unkempt as a sheep dog's, he helped yourgsters with their geometry homework, still loved to sail, play Mozart melodies on the violin and scribble reams of doggerel. Though he has been dead nearly a quarter of a century, there are few people who do not recognize the face or name of Albert Einstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: The Year of Dr. Einstein | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

Bernal's overpowering lineup of aquawonders then proceeded to cop both of the first two places in the next four events in a row, thereby clinching the meet before the Bluejay navy had a chance to set sail...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Crimson Swimmers Dominate Hopkins, Raise Record to 11-0 With 64-47 Victory | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

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