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Word: armes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Veterans Administrator Max Cleland, 36, whose right arm and both legs were blown away by a grenade near Khe Sanh, has begun pushing programs to alleviate some of the Viet vets' problems. Among the initiatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Heroes Without Honor Face the Battle at Home | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...wasn't snapping my slider--I hung like four in a row." Alevizos said afterward. "My arm feels good. There are no excuses...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Huskies Bark Back for Twinbill Split | 4/18/1979 | See Source »

...with the industry they are regulating. A 1975 study done by Common Cause found that 65% of NRC staffers had been employed by companies that held licenses, permits or contracts with the commission. In particular, the U.C.S. is critical of NRC Chairman Joseph M. Hendrie for not keeping at arm's length the industry he regulates. Retorts Hendrie: "I don't think my critics know my mindset. They have a po litical goal, which is to capture the NRC with antinuclear forces." And Hendrie insists: "I've never worked a day in my life for the commercial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Watching the Watchdogs | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...head tutors do insist that professors participate actively in tutorials, the legislation will provide them with that Ackerman termed its most valuable quality: arm twisting power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Do We Have to? | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...tell from the lobby and the hallways, seems to be a cross between a medieval castle and the Pentagon. The lobby is crowded with simple Roman columns, which part to reveal a statue set into the marble wall. It is the figure of a man with one arm outstretched, one cocked at the elbow; the head thrown to the side completes the modified Christ-image. Under each arm blazes an inscription, one reading IN PEACE AND WAR, the other SERVICE TO THE NATION. In contrast to the deadening solemnity of the lobby, the halls are brightly colored passageways strewn with...

Author: By Andrew P. Buchsbaum, | Title: Minding Everybody's Business | 4/12/1979 | See Source »

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