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Word: blunts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...France's Common Market neighbors thought that life with President Georges Pompidou would be easier than it was with Charles de Gaulle, they had cause last week to think again. In a blunt conversation with visiting Belgian Premier Gaston Eyskens, Pompidou made it clear that where Europe is concerned, he can be as intransigent as le grand Charles. Telling Eyskens that "I'm giving it to you off the cuff, as General de Gaulle used to do," Pompidou reeled off what he saw as "numerous obstacles" to next October's Paris summit, at which the ten leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: te Grand Georges | 6/19/1972 | See Source »

...acted as if we didn't know what we were doing," says Bill Healy, 21, an economics major. "Our stationery was cheap and looked awful. Our calling methods were rather blunt-just plopping ourselves in the business offices of alumni...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Passing the Hat | 6/19/1972 | See Source »

...same time, Paterson wrote a feature for The Crimson supporting the PALC demands; he hopes that it will blunt Guinier's efforts to build student support...

Author: By Douglas E. Schoen, | Title: The Debate Over Black Studies Lingers After a Year of Review | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

...inhibits critics of the Papadopoulos regime, most newspapers in Greece now imply criticism only by withholding praise. Such discretion never appealed to Yiannis Horn, editor-publisher-owner of the English-language Athens News (circ. 6,000). He not only prints statements by opposition politicians but also punctuates stories with blunt editor's notes ("We demand an explanation from the regime on this"). Last October Horn headlined a story on Spiro Agnew's visit: BOMBS, RECRUITED SCHOOLCHILDREN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Short Takes | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

...helicopters from West Germany, reopening a bomber base in Thailand. Fresh fighter-bombers winged into the theater, bringing to 1,000 the number of U.S. planes poised to strike North Viet Nam. The gathering force had been ordered into place by a U.S. President who seemed determined either to blunt the Communist offensive that threatened to overpower such key South Vietnamese cities as Hué and Kontum, or to punish the North Vietnamese for succeeding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: How the President Sees His Options | 5/15/1972 | See Source »

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