Sentence examples for 1973 from inspiring English sources

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Bobel has charted the movement's history, writing about the first "bleed-in" in 1973, when 13 women gathered in the US and "shared stories of their first periods".

One church in particular, Macrory Memorial, has lain derelict for nearly 40 years on the New Lodge/Tiger's Bay interface of north Belfast since subscribers to the church's weekly offerings dwindled to zero in 1973.

The original design, begun in 1973 and completed in 1979, had clean bright simple lines influenced by the German architect Mies van der Rohe, with lots of natural light and plants.

I first saw Oliver Rackham perform in 1973, at a cross-disciplinary conference on the British oak held that autumn in Sussex University.

Britain joined late, in 1973, but some English people – perhaps steeped in Britain's maritime, free-trade and imperial traditions – felt wary or hostile towards the EU.

After settling in Britain in 1966, Hornery also had guest roles on television in The Troubleshooters (1967), the sitcoms George and the Dragon (1966) and Dad's Army (1973), Doctor Who (1979), Sapphire & Steel (1981) and many other programmes.

In this case it was Denis Healey, the chancellor from 1974 to 1979, who, in addition to grappling with the inflationary consequences of the quintupling of oil prices in 1973-74, also had to deal with the demands of powerful trade unions and unhelpful policy suggestions from the Liberals.

Galloway's result represented the first byelection win by an independent since 1973 and the first time an opposition party has lost one of its seats since the Romsey byelection in 2000.

That was back in June 1973, and more than 300 outraged letters from the ranks persuaded the paper to think again.

Many of we foreign reporters in the weeks before September 1973 had got into the habit of gathering in the snug downstairs bar of the Carrera hotel – across the square from Allende's sober and unadorned presidential palace, the Moneda – where many of us were staying.