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Word: buts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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My integrated circuit nearly malfunctioned over the review of my worth as an electronic toy. My play value is for children and comes not from using my arms and legs "like a true robot," but from the science-fiction fantasy inspired by my electronic audio and visual effects.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Botha has a particularly difficult tune of it, since he must somehow obscure the ugly face of racist discrimination. But to translate apartheid as "good neighborliness" is the height of cynicism. One might as well refer to murder as "giving someone a well-deserved rest."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

A lot of people may think I am joking, but I am totally serious with my choice. He is Claude Ryan, the Liberal leader in the province of Quebec. Ryan has had to face the pressure of separatism, which threatened to break up one of the most politically stable countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

It comes stealing up on us first in the wide eyes of very young children, who see Christmas shining a long way off. Older brothers and sisters are more nonchalant; they can be downright businesslike about it. A camera would be O.K., but how about a snowmobile? As the day...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: States' Lights and Christmas Rites | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

All across America, the same stirring. But it shows itself in different ways. In the capitals of the 50 states, those differences are delineated in lights. This Christmas the capitals have become beacons bearing witness to individual state character.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: States' Lights and Christmas Rites | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

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