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Word: boxful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...miles south of Seoul, to inaugurate a three-mile-wide irrigation dam. In a sense, it was a fitting site for his last public appearance. After 18 years as a virtual dictator, Park had left his country a legacy of political repression but also of extraordinary development (see box). After the ceremony, Park and his entourage-including his ever-present five-man plainclothes guard-returned to Seoul; he spent the rest of the afternoon in his office in the Blue House, South Korea's presidential mansion. At around 6 p.m., Park went to dine with some close associates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Assassination in Seoul | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Dayan had made no secret of the fact that he disagreed with Begin's hard-line policy in dealing with the Palestinians. He genuinely want ed to reach some kind of agreement with the Arabs of the West Bank and Gaza over their future relations with Israel (see box); Begin seemed content to let the status quo drift on forever. Because of this disagreement, Dayan refused to head the Israeli delegation in the autonomy talks. In he was further iso lated from the negotiations by illness he underwent surgery for removal of a malignant intestinal tumor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: The Lesson of Elon Moreh | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...doll, a husband doll, a daughter. In the state government office where he works (the state happens to be Utah, though not much is made of the fact, and the film's lo cation could just as easily have been Penn sylvania), he shoves papers into his Out box without reading them and swigs vod ka from a pint in his desk drawer. Laura does not call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rah! Rah! Rah!? | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Next to each of the names on the ballot is a blank box, in which voters must pencil a ranking. ("Do Not Use X Marks," the ballot warns.) Instead, pick your favorite candidate and mark him down as number one. The second-best person for the job should get your number two, and so on, all the way up until 23. Many people give up after eight or nine names because votes are unlikely to be meaningful after that point. "People do all kinds of crazy things--they mark X's, they cross out names, they write slogans...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Proportional Representation -- Voting By Number | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

About ten minutes into the game, the Crimson almost pulled ahead, 1-0. Halfback Michael Smith surprised Bruin goalie Greg Mitko by launching a 40-ft volley from outside the penalty box. Mitko startled, reacted slowly but just in time to deflect the ball off the top of the crossbar for a corner kick...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Booters Drop to Bruins, 3-0; Win Streak Snapped at Five | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

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