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Word: squealing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their offense fully described, O.J. started out the door. "Where are you going?" demanded the principal. "Oh, I've got to get back to class," replied O.J. in a verbal okeydoke. "I was only helping bring these guys down to your office." With the other students unwilling to squeal, O.J. wiggled free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Year of the Okey-Doke | 12/24/1973 | See Source »

...late, though, whenever her oth er practice partner begins acting up, Chrissie gives out a girlish squeal, "Oh, Jimmeee!" He is Jimmy Connors, 20, the hottest young U.S. player on the men's pro circuit. They met over a Coke at Wimbledon last year, and it has been a steady match ever since. Though their practice sessions invariably attract a fenceful of admiring fans, they some times end their workouts with some un abashed on-court smooching. An evening date usually consists of a movie and a McDonald's cheeseburger. Recently Chrissie won a major concession from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chris Evert: Miss Cool on the Court | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

...Women seem to prefer the safe-and-sound candidate, the one least likely to embark on war or some other hazardous undertaking. They are a bit less racially prejudiced when they vote, a bit more internationally minded. Their response to charisma is apparently overrated. Younger women may jump and squeal, older women may gush over a candidate like John Lindsay; but once they go to vote, they are less susceptible to their emotions. It was not the glamorous ex-PT boat commander, John F. Kennedy, who won the bulk of the women's vote in 1960. More than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: Toward Female Power at the Polls | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

...Squeal of Approval

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Once and Future Follies | 5/3/1971 | See Source »

...with Sondheim on Forum: "It's so difficult to get to the Broadway theater, plus there is the cost of eating dinner out and the fear of being mugged. People have to believe they're going to see something priceless." What better show, then, than one already granted a squeal of approval? What happier tense than the past perfect? Furthermore, notes Nanette's Ruby Keeler, "people have seen everything. We almost have to go back the other way. Audiences want to come to the theater for entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Once and Future Follies | 5/3/1971 | See Source »

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