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Word: airing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...down the line. I am a farmer in the 300-to-400-acre bracket, and it is not enough anymore to work by the sweat of one's brow. The hard work now is pushing a pencil and a pocket calculator. Those who talk about our tractors with air conditioning and radios should know that we who still must drive a tractor must also plan and keep up with the changing markets on our radios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 27, 1978 | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...Vineyard held their bright leaves until last week, and the Chinese tallow trees of the Texas prairies continued their spectacular display of long red leaves. In the San Fernando Valley, Calif., as citizens started using their fireplaces, the tangy aroma of burning eucalyptus logs hung in the air. Only a few flurries of snow have dusted the highest mountains of New England, though by last week the first real blast of winter had struck the Rocky Mountain and upper Plains states. Inhabitants of Rapid City, S. Dak., glided through the streets on skis after the storm dropped up to three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Season for Taking Stock | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...protest demonstrations persisted in some outlying provinces; in the northeastern city of Mashhad, three people by official account -13 according to anti-Shah sources -were killed when troops fired on demonstrators. But most of the country's striking workers went back to their jobs, including employees of Iran Air, as well as transportation, communications, customs and steel personnel. So did most of Iran's striking oilworkers, who were given an ultimatum: Return to work or lose your jobs. Although slowdowns in some refineries and rigs continued, oil production at week's end had rebounded to 3.2 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Military Is in Charge | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

Erica Rosenberg '81, a member of the committee on loans and grants, said giving a group money does not imply that RUS has endorsed its political views. It is "just an attempt to allow them to air those views," she added...

Author: By Maxine S. Pfeffer, | Title: RUS Gives Money To Organizations Geared To Women | 11/21/1978 | See Source »

...representing Adlay without fee against sundry real and imagined threats on his life from Paris to Amsterdam and some mob intervention from California. Nonmonetary compensation comes from a sexy Anglo-Parisienne who outsmarts just about everyone; la belle Valérie may even cure Cage of his addiction to Air France stewardesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Skuldruggery and High Technology | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

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