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Word: accountability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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What will not suffer is his bank account. Already Williams makes $15,000 per episode, and that figure may soon be renegotiated upward. He and Valerie have bought an eight-room house in Topanga Canyon. Williams has not, however, joined the smart crowd in Hollywood by acquiring a Mercedes or a Rolls; he has bought a battered 1966 Land Rover. Says he: "I can't deal with new cars. I like a car that's like me -you never know what's going to happen next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Manic of Ork: Robin Williams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...worst place to hear his intricately clever lyrics. As a tractor factory, the cavernous Uris might pass muster, but as a theater, no. Irony is Sondheim's razor, and its cutting edge is equally present in bittersweet ballads (Pretty Women, Johanna) or in A Little Priest, an antic account of what kinds of pies the varying professions taste like ("Here's a politician so oily/ It's served with a doily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Razor's Edge | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...insufficient information to prove cause and effect in any individual death. In addition, the actual numbers are small: 32 leukemia deaths in high-fallout counties, vs. 13 that might normally have been expected. But if the increase was not caused by the fallout, he asks, "What else could account...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Fallout of Nuclear Fear | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Bowersock refuted the widely held contention that these reforms apply only to large departments, stating that while the reforms "take into account larger departments, they are meant for all departments." Faculty ignorance of the reforms is a dangerous harbinger for the future of any reform attempt...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Tutorials: Aging Gracelessly | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...rejected UCHSR's contention that the ACSR gives undue weight to financial concerns when reviewing Harvard's investments. He states, "any advice offered by the ACSR...must take into account all relevant factors, and in most situations in life, costs are relevant when trying to choose the responsible course of action...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Bok Opposes Two Reforms Designed to Alter ACSR | 3/9/1979 | See Source »

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