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Word: yeomans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...damndest...I reckon. Marc T. Johnson, although he struggles through the opening, improves in the course of the evening. If Johnson has made too much of a two-dimensional character (why are you in love with Barbara Allen?), it is not his fault. Kate Silverman as Barbara Allen does yeoman's service to an unimaginative role. If the scene in the bedroom after she has given birth to a witch is overdone, she's not to blame...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Beyond Redemption | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

Finally in the public sector, we have of course the free press--a very major assist to the public in its effort to hold the American intelligence community accountable. People like Woodward and Bernstein and others have, of course, performed yeoman service in helping the public keep track of governmental activities. There are, however, potential problems here. When something is made known to the press, it is also made known to a potential enemy. And unlike a court, the press can find you or me guilty through accusation alone...

Author: By Stansfield Turner, | Title: Accountability vs. Secrecy | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

...didn't seem to matter who was in the lineup as all players chipped in with Bob Hooft doing yeoman's duty in the first half picking up eight to lead a balanced attack that featured four men in double figures...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Hoopsters Blitz Brown With First Half Blowout | 2/4/1978 | See Source »

...famed English tracers of lineage. Pursuing genealogical research for another, undisclosed American Carter, Debrett's has tracked Jimmy's forebears back to 1361 and King's Langley, a quaint Hertfordshire village that is now a commuter suburb, 18 miles north of London. The prospering yeoman family at one time owned Jefferies farm in nearby Chipperfield (the Chip Carter connection?), and the King's Langley church has a brass plaque in memory of Ancestor John Carter, departed this world in 1588. Another Carter, also named John, made it to London and, in Dick Whittington fashion, became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Magnus Carter: Jimmy's Roots | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...five guys are really going to have to pitch in," says Irion, who will have to do yeoman's duty hitting the boards even though he calls himself "not exactly a jumping six-seven...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Revamped Hoopsters to Start Campaign | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

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