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Word: answers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before I could give a reasonable answer, I received further instructions...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Soccer Outlook | 9/27/1978 | See Source »

...absent-minded way the United States may well have stumbled upon the answer to "wars of national liberation." The effective response lies neither in the quest for conventional military victory nor in the esoteric doctrines of counter-insurgency warfare. It is instead forced-draft urbanization and modernization which rapidly bring the country in question out of the phase in which a rural revolutionary movement can hope to generate sufficient strength to come to power...

Author: By Jeff Mayersohn and Allan Mui, S | Title: A Return to Protest | 9/26/1978 | See Source »

...coal the answer. Although the U.S. has an abundant supply, coal, like oil, is an exhaustible resource that would be better used in the chemical industry than for power. Deep mining is expensive, and some 100 miners are killed in accidents each year. Strip mining requires expensive reclamation if the land is not to be left looking like a lunar landscape. Coal-fired plants pump thousands of tons of pollutants into the environment annually, despite the installation of expensive scrubbers, which are often ineffective. Also, coal plants may heat up the earth's atmosphere, a phenomenon that could produce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Irrational Fight Against Nuclear Power | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...flurries; this night, Ali beat him to the punch. By the fifth round (which Ali won on points but lost when the referee penalized him for holding), he was in control of the fight. The only question was the most basic: How long could he last? For Ali, the answer was 15 masterful rounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Young Once Again at 36 | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...Probably will go back to his law firm," the insiders answer...

Author: By H. BRYCE Davis, | Title: The Morning After | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

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