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Top Ten Movies
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The Godfather II |
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Blazing Saddles |
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Young Frankenstein |
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Chinatown |
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The Longest Yard |
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot |
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
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The Man with the Golden Gun |
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The Return of the Pink Panther |
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Lords of Flatbush |
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Americas Top 20 TV
Favorites
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1. All In The Family |
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2. Sanford And Son |
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3. Chico And The Man |
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4. The Jeffersons |
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5. M*A*S*H |
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6. Rhoda |
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7. Good Times |
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8. The Waltons |
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9. Maude |
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10. Hawaii Five-O |
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11. The Mary Tyler Moore
Show |
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12. The Rockford Files |
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13. Little House On The
Prairie |
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14. Kojak |
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15. Police Woman |
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16. S.W.A.T. |
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17. The Bob Newhart Show |
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18. The Wonderful World
Of Disney |
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19. The Rookies |
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20. Mannix |
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Fiction Best Sellers
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Centennial |
James A. Michener |
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Watership Down |
Richard Adams |
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Jaws |
Peter Benchley |
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy |
John le Carre |
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Something Happened |
Joseph Heller |
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The Dogs of War |
Frederick Forsyth |
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The Pirate |
Harold J. Robbins |
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
John H. Watson, M.D. |
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The Fan Club |
Irving Wallace |
Nonfiction Best Sellers
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The Total Woman |
Marabel Morgan |
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All The Presidents Men |
Carl Bernstein & Bob
Woodward |
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Plain Speaking: An Oral
Historyof Harry S. Truman |
Merle Miller |
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More Joy: A Lovemaking
CompanionTo the Joy of Sex |
Alex Comfort ed. |
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Alistair Cooke’s America |
Alistair Cooke |
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Tales of Power |
Carlos A. Castaneda |
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You Can Profit from a
Monetary Crisis |
Harry Browne |
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All Things Bright and
Beautiful |
James Herriot |
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The Bermuda Triangle |
Charles Berlitz, with J.
Manson Valentine |
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The Memory Book |
Harry Lorayne & Jerry Lucas |
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Football
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Superbowl IX |
Pittsburgh 16 – Minnesota 6 |
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Pro Football MVP’s |
Offense - Ken
Stabler, Oakland, QB
Defense – Merlin
Olsen, L.A. Rams, DT |
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College Football |
Oklahoma |
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Heisman Trophy |
Archie Griffin, Ohio St., RB |
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Rose Bowl |
USC 18 – Ohio St. 17 |
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Orange Bowl |
Notre Dame 13 – Alabama 11 |
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Cotton Bowl |
Penn St. 41 – Baylor 20 |
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Sugar Bowl |
Nebraska 13 - Florida 10 |
Basketball
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NBA Championship |
Boston (in 7 games) vs. Milwaukee |
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NBA MVP |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee, Center,
Scoring Avg: 27 |
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NCAA Champions |
N.C. State 76 – Marquette 64
(N.C. State final record 31-1) |
Baseball
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World Series |
Oakland A’s (in 5 games) vs. L.A. Dodgers
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National League |
MVP - Steve Garvey,
L.A. – 1B
Rookie of the Year -
Blake McBride, St. Louis - CF |
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American League |
MVP - Jeff
Burroughs, Texas – LF
Rookie of the Year -
Mike Hargrove, Texas – 1B |
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News of 1974
Richard Nixon resigns as President of the
United States
President Gerald Ford pardons Nixon
The "streaking" fad hits U.S. campuses
Patricia Hearst is abducted by the S.L.A.
President Ford grants limited amnesty to
draft dodgers
National speed limit of 55mph is enacted
Hank Aaraon hits 715 home runs to break Babe
Ruth's record
The Oakland Athletics win the World Series
Gillette introduces the disposable razor
The first U.S. self-adhesive postage stamp is
introduced
Ed Sullivan, Jack Benny, Momma Cass and Chet
Huntley die
Happy Days, Good Times and That's My Mama
debut on U.S. TV
Godfather II, The Great Gatsby and Sugarland
Express debut in theaters
The first pocket calculators become
widespread
The first word processing machines are used
First black model on cover of a major fashion
magazine
Heimlich maneuver developed
Girls allowed to play in Little League
baseball
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