Search Details

Word: thief (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...amount of emotion and energy they seem to get from playing this game; they feel such crushing disappointment or such a spirit-lifting intoxication, all depending on whether their team can successfully hit more of these woolly eggs than can their opponents. Why this frenzy over tennis? What thief has stolen these players' perspectives? After all tennis is just a game...

Author: By Kevin Shaw, | Title: Tennis--Game, Set, Match and More | 4/8/1978 | See Source »

Even the real 1953 Kismet probably could not stand up in 1978. A simple damsel (Melba Moore) with a poetic thief for a father (Ira Hawkins) ascends, through incredible accidents, to become the bride of the king of the realm (Gilbert Price) despite the machinations of the Wazir

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Hootchy-Koo | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...Dreams Die First, Robbins (7) 1. Beggarman, Thief, Shaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...Beggarman, Thief, Shaw (7) 1. Dreams Die First, Robbins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

FICTION 1. The Thorn Birds, McCullough (1 last week) 2. The Silmarillion, Tolkien (2) 3. The Honourable Schoolboy, Le Carré (3) 4. Illusions, Bach (6) 5. The Black Marble, Wambaugh (5) 6. Dreams Die First, Robbing (10) 7. Beggarman, Thief, Shaw (9) 8. Daniel Martin, Fowles (4) 9. The Book of Merlyn, White (7) 10. Dynasty, Elegant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

First | Previous | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | Next | Last