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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clearly hurt in the line of duty for his fellow man, the Workmen's Compensation Commission turned down his claim for benefits. The state supreme court, however, was more sympathetic. It ruled that in the turbulence of the machine age, what DeNardo did was "a permitted act" and he should be paid compensation, the full amount to be later determined. Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Man Against Machine | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...quietly, we act," he says, reciting the creed of the world of small cells, aliases and coded contacts in which he operates as a contact man between political and military units. He is impressed by the heavy arms he now sees coming into the country and by the openness with which freedom fighters walk about, even in the urban townships. He boasts: "There is no doubt that we are winning. The people think we are winning. The army thinks we are winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Whoever Says We're Safe Lies | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...recognition of the new government: I don't like for any government to have to prove itself before it can be internationally recognized. An act of election, an installation of a new government should be sufficient. How many questions are other countries going to ask the new government in Uganda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Foes in a Black vs. Black Struggle | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...what Hollywood calls the "jiggly" syndrome of successful TV series featuring winsome leading women, Three's Company's Suzanne Somers has been one of the leading jiggleos. But now the sensuous half of the feminine two-thirds of Three's Company wants to act seriously. Somers is in London's Wembley Stadium shooting Yesterday's Hero, the story of a veteran British footballer fighting age and alcohol. In the female lead, she is a hip rock singer. The role is certainly more fulfilling than her only previous feature film credit, a wandering blond in American Graffiti whose one line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 30, 1979 | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...four weeks," he tells her, repeating rejected lovers' immemorial cry. "I can't plan that far ahead," she counters, and, God help her, she is not kidding. Heartbroken, he muses more to himself than to her: "You always think you're going to be the one who makes them act different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Woody Allen Comes of Age | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

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