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Word: toboggan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1971-1971
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Yeah, I think that there are values that can come out of Africa, and very positive ones. I would on the other hand be reluctant to accept these as the over all cure; because I feel we've been on this toboggan and you have to get off where the damn thing stops. You know, if it's 50,000 miles from Africa then that's where you have to get off and do your thing. If you can reach back and bring some good from Africa to where this thing has stopped-beautiful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Interview with John A. Williams | 5/19/1971 | See Source »

...perfect opportunity to extol the sturdy example of that dauntless band of early settlers. On the 350th anniversary observance last week, the Rev. Billy Graham praised the faith of the founding fathers and warned: "Anything less than this will let us down and we will continue on the toboggan slide that will take us to the ash heaps of history." Alas, one of the modern-day Pilgrims thereupon took a pratfall into Plymouth Bay as he tried to step ashore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 4, 1971 | 1/4/1971 | See Source »

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