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Word: chaires (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three years, the Krupp Foundation Chair in European Studies--endowed by the leading family in the German munitions industry--has remained unfilled. But this week there was an indication that KLAUS HILDEBRAND [left], a prominent expert on Nazi foreign policy, and professor of modern history at the University of Muenster in West Germany, may be moving into the job. Hildebrand confirmed that Dean Rosovsky offered him the chair during a meeting in Cambridge late last month. Although Hildebrand has since flown back to Germany and Dean Rosovsky has refused to comment on the matter, it seems likely that the professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Exits... ...And an Entrance? | 3/4/1978 | See Source »

...have the generation that doesn't want to give a fuck about anything, it wants to be laid back, it wants to listen to jazz so they can sit back in their easy chair and smoke a j or have a drink and not think about...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Even Punks Sing the Blues | 3/2/1978 | See Source »

Well, he puts the tacks on teacher's chair...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Even Punks Sing the Blues | 3/2/1978 | See Source »

According to Haldeman, the reaction was galvanic. "Turmoil in the room, Helms gripping the arms of his chair, leaning forward and shouting, 'The Bay of Pigs had nothing to do with this. I have no concern about the Bay of Pigs.' " Recalls Haldeman: "I was absolutely shocked by Helms' violent reaction. Again I wondered, what was such dynamite in the Bay of Pigs story?" In fact, the CIA officials then did ask Acting FBI Director Pat Gray to slow the money tracing-and he did for a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Much Ado About Haldeman | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...computer-controlled wings that automatically change shape during tight, fast moves, allowing a pilot to shake off a pursuing plane and most missiles in wrenching operations, like 360° revolving turns. Fortunately, F-16s have a special seat that tilts back 30°, like a barber's chair, to ease the punishing pull of gravity in sharp turns and loops. As a result, says Rider: "you are as comfortable in a 7.5-G turn in the F-16 as you were at about 5 Gs in the F-4 Phantom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: War at 33 Miles a Minute | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

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