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Word: baseness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...afraid a little change will knock out the whole base of the system--will set off a chain reaction of liberalism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sakharov Speaks Out | 1/31/1979 | See Source »

Teng's nine-day visit will begin at 2 p.m. on Jan. 28, when a silver Boeing 707 carrying him and his party of 75, including scientists and journalists, touches down at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. Next morning, after a formal welcome that will include a 19-gun salute, Teng and Jimmy Carter will talk for an hour at the White House. There will be more talks between the two leaders on the following day, and then Teng will visit the House and Senate, where he will engage in some personal lobbying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Waiting for Deng Xiaoping | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...fatigue," but the drug was eliminated from the syrup shortly after 1900.) Colombia's role in the coke trade is middleman and processor. At kitchen labs dotted around the country, coca leaves brought in from all over the Andes are distilled into a paste and then converted into a base (150 lbs. of leaves make 1 lb. of base, worth more than $2,000). In a final stage, this base is crystallized into 1 lb. of pure cocaine, for which a smuggler will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colombian Connection | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...Chief Bensinger outlines other measures he hopes will cut down the drug flow: "We are going to catch up by hitting their financial base: seizure of assets, real estate, all of the investments that go into a criminal organization. Then get penalties commensurate with the criminal profits; the returns for a smuggler far exceed the risks. Also, we hope to promote a better understanding of the health hazards. And in Colombia, you need the type of commitment that will stop production at the source...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colombian Connection | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...named because a tape of the Beatles' song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was playing when a jubilant Johanson-led team returned to base camp after unearthing parts of her in a sediment bed in the Afar region of Ethiopia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Lucy Link | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

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