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Word: briefings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Suspending belief is the best way a Beirut resident can stay sane. Peace has broken out so many times, only to be shattered again, that few dared hope that the latest cease-fire would be anything more than a brief respite. "If you had told us ten years ago that we could expect a decade of war, we would have thrown up our hands," says Jana Tamer, publisher of a Middle East newsletter. "Tell us now that it will go on for another ten years, and I guess we would just shrug. We are numb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The City That Will Not Die | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...censors would not like a brief and effective message such as "Nova explosion Puppis shoot nightly using whole battery" followed by positional numbers and the word "urgent." That sounds subversive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Friend We'll Miss | 4/4/1984 | See Source »

...clear contrast between the contenders over gun control emerged at the end of last Wednesday's nationally televised Columbia University debate when moderator Dan Rather asked for a brief position on the issue. The Rev. Jesse Jackson endorsed several strong measures; Mondale said he supported a ban on the sale, manufacturing and possession of Saturday night specials, or snub-nosed pistols. Hart, without qualification, said he opposed federal control of handguns...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Hart's Smoking Gun | 4/4/1984 | See Source »

Actually, Bok had given the magazine a brief interview for a story on Boston in an upcoming issue. Bok's views, on Harvard's place in the city will accompany insights by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, and former Mayor Kevin M. White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Keeping Track | 4/4/1984 | See Source »

There is no contradiction between Hitchcock' canny conservatism and his directorial eminence profit and honor went hand in glove. Even his brief cameo appearances (silhouetted in the neon skyline of Rope, for example) are a playful cue to the viewer to watch every frame for tricks and revelations. The qualities that made him the world's best-known moviemaker were precisely the ones that made him one of the best film artists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Master Who Knew Too Much | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

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