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Word: allowances (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Obviously Mexicans would not allow millions of Americans to go into their country illegally and settle down, demanding rights and privileges and becoming a majority in many areas, changing the culture of their nation. Why should they expect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 29, 1979 | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...exclusively by sturdy real estate salesmen and bluff, honest motel owners, most of whom had emigrated recently from New Jersey. I suggested that the advanceman look up my friend the town clerk, who pumped gas and sold dog licenses and could, in theory, write out a permit that would allow you to bury a body on your land. The town clerk was a good, brisk talker, and although no gossip, he was the preferred source of reliable information on town affairs. He was also a good, brisk businessman, a state legislator, a considerable landowner, and the president of the bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Hampshire: Deeper Snow and Darker Horses | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...ship's rope." Another A.S.U. player said that team members were asked to sign affidavits stating that they never saw Kush hit Rutledge. Some signed. "I learned that Frank Kush was attempting to cover up the fact that he hit Kevin Rutledge," says Miller. "I could not allow our athletes and coaches to be further intimidated.' Meanwhile, Rutledge's family has been the target of threats and violence Last month his father's insurance agency in Phoenix was torched. Later, the family was told by an anonymous phone caller, "If your boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Hit 'Em High | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...state has the legitimate right of self-defense. We will allow political dissent but not delinquency." At week's end the terrorists announced that they would halt their offensive, but renew it if the new government failed to deliver on its promised reforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EL SALVADOR: A Coup Against Chaos | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...social service cutbacks, court attacks on affirmative action, rollbacks of hard-won gains in abortion rights and labor law reform. Most of all, the Right expects that the growing public distrust of Big Government and demands for Washington to get its nose out of other people's business will allow the corporations to step into the vacuum and reassert control in a way undreamed of since the days of Warren Harding...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: What's Left in 1980 | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

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