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Word: clearing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stout and resolute stroke and captain, carried the weight of defeat gracefully. He leaned over, put an arm around the much smaller You, and offered some words of encouragement, along with a brotherly poke in the ribs. The lean coxswain looked up, and in silence, there was a clear understanding that this brotherhood was appreciated. The close-knit family was at hand to help one another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reflections on the Sprints | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

...acknowledged if we are to deal with it effectively. There are, however, no easy solutions. Business does have the right to get its views across. Some first steps that have suggested are federal chartering of corporations, public financing of Congressional elections and strict lobbying disclosure laws. It seems clear that something must be done. We must not allow corporations, by virtue of their special financial status, to dominate access to the media, to the electoral process and to our politicians. We must not allow the voices of ordinary citizens to be drowned out in the name of free speech...

Author: By Alan Soudakoff, | Title: Corporate Money Stalks Capitol Hill | 5/15/1979 | See Source »

...Boston Study Group has written a very clear and well researched study of U.S. defense policy. Even those who disagree with them acknowledge the quality of their work. However, I think that to prevent misunderstandings, comments are necessary on two points relating to the book and the articles on it in The Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For A Global Power | 5/15/1979 | See Source »

Pfeiffer answers to Silverman, but it is widely assumed that she has a clear line to RCA Chairman Griffiths. Her main areas of concentration are government relations, legal affairs and employee relations, and she has also been what Silverman calls a "third eye," or a disinterested critic, in prime-time programming. Naturally enough, Silverman has devoted almost all his attention to programming. Says an NBC executive: "Fred is like an eager little boy with a highly developed feeling and sense of how to fix programs, and he couldn't care less about all this monkey business about corporate skill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Struggling to Leave the Cellar | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...their clear presentation of a difficult and controversial new theory, though, Woodcock and Davis deserve considerable credit. Their book is a fascinating introduction to the theory that may haunt science for a long time to come...

Author: By Peter M. Engel, | Title: The Topology of Everyday Life | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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