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- noun The
decade of the 1970s. - noun Temperatures from 70 to 79 degrees.
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Examples
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Bank preferred debt was a great trade with dollar prices in the 50s for Citigroup or in the 70s for Bank of America, a bit less so with retail bonds selling in the low $70s, as they did last week.
Asia Times Online 2009
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Remember the bellbottoms, That 70s Show, the Sounds of the ’70s CD infomercials and the resurgence of drippy folk rock?
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Even in the 70s, when macho came briefly into fashion along with big breasts for the women — the ’70s were a good era for secondary sex characteristics, possibly as a kind of backlash to both the women’s movement and to the strongly androgynous aesthetic of the ’60s, the biggest heart-throb of them all was not one of those indistinguishable moustachio’d movie stars, but instead, the relatively effeminate Shaun Cassidy.
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It's funny to hear from him about the future and hope. the hope or future in 70s is the same in 20-50s?
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Man in his 70s is accused of causing GBH to a man in his 80s after they collided in the street (older guy being frail suffered broken hip). 70 yr old arrested, denied all knowledge but eventually charged.
Upside Your Head « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Jack Nicholson in the late 60s to early 70s is unstoppable!
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First of all, when it comes to masterpieces, I differentiate between decades, because an all time classic from the 70s is way different from an all time classic in the 90s.
The top 250 best movies of all time Map | Vodkaster - Le Blog de la cinéphilie 2.0 2009
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(Italian cinema of the '50s,' 60s and '70s is apparently very close to his heart).
It's Lights, Camera, Strike in France Lennox Morrison 2010
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Some of the recent starts to the week haven't really felt like fall -- with almost summer-like temperatures in 70s and 80s.
Forecast: November off to sunny, cool start Jason Samenow 2010
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In my neck of the woods I see kids ferried around in 70s-era school buses.
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