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Word: baddings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...better than that." And almost as if on cue, Gio Batta Gori, a high official of the Government-financed National Cancer Institute, announced a short-term study showing that some of the new cigarettes were so low in toxins that they could be smoked in "tolerable" numbers without appreciable bad effects on average smokers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Politics of Tobacco | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...Revenge of the Pink Panther. Make sure the movie theater is filled (there's nothing more depressing than watching a Panther movie in an empty theater). What you do afterwards is your own business, but you'll probably feel good and giggly and "mellow," which ain't too bad a way to spend a humid night in August, as summer inches persistently into September, and we find ourselves less and less capable of experiencing Inspector Clouseau in such an idyllic atmosphere...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Panther Puree | 8/18/1978 | See Source »

...couldn't possibly find them. This ostensible comedy is the worst, most offensive legitimate film I have seen in a long time I can only repeat what my companion muttered as we left the theater: "I knew Italy had problems, but I didn't know it was this bad...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Missing the Mark, Italian Style | 8/15/1978 | See Source »

Despite their monopolistic overtones, the Europeans have a point: unfettered competition can have a few bad repercussions. Example: the U.S. inspired stand-by fares. They functioned smoothly only as long as planes were not being filled by passengers with confirmed reservations. Now the standbys are left stranded in appalling situations. To their woe, a few foreign carriers, notably El Al, Iran Air, Air-India and British Airways, have tried to match low U.S. transatlantic fares and have ended up with thousands of irate standbys on their hands. Most foreign airlines have resisted the deep discounts, and they have far fewer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying the Crowded Skies | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

...will be displayed, simply and concisely, on digital readouts, vertical scales and bright, television-style screens. A much improved radar will display the weather ahead in living color (red for thunderstorms, yellow for light rain, green for smooth air). An indicator will give the distance and flying time to bad weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The 1980s Generation | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

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