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Word: coaxed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attack of nerves. On the morning of the day her new play, a suspense comedy titled A Talent for Murder, opened in Washington, D.C., the fire alarms rang in her hotel and everyone was ordered to flee the building. She scurried around, picking up valuables and trying to coax Bijou, the cat, from under the bed. By the time Bijou was out, the gongs were silent -false alarm-but the damage was done. "I was shaking for 20 minutes," she explained later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Claudette: 77 and Ageless | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...Hineni, she leads consciousness-raising classes, is finishing a book, writes pamphlets (e.g., Meaningful Sex-A Jewish View) and answers 600 to 700 letters a month. Occasionally Jungreis will boldly park her "heritage" van outside a Hare Krishna or Divine Light Mission outpost and with a loudspeaker try to coax young Jewish converts into leaving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Jewish Soul on Fire | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

...Beirut for talks with Lebanon's President, Elias Sarkis. Then he climbed back into his black limousine for a midnight drive to Damascus, where he met for the second time with Syria's President, Hafez Assad, to impress upon him the need for restraint while trying to coax concessions that might break the negotiating impasse. Later he hopped aboard an executive Air Force jet for another shuttle to Israel. At week's end he flew to Saudi Arabia for consultations. Lips sealed on the progress of his explorations, Habib told reporters at the airport in Damascus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Bracing for the Worst | 5/25/1981 | See Source »

...meshed the needs of the students with the wants of the professors," Sander notes. "You have to cajole and coax people to do things the school needs, and he has done that very well...

Author: By Lewis J. Liman, | Title: James Vorenberg | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...three weeks by members of Solidarity and Rural Solidarity, a sign says SOLIDARITY IS MORE THAN JUST A NAME. In fact the united front put up by the Rzeszow chapter of Solidarity appears to have the authorities there stymied. On the one hand, they have been unable to coax the occupiers out. On the other, they are equally unwilling to grant their main demand: negotiations toward legitimizing the farmers' union. The result is a standoff. Last week TIME Correspondent Richard Hornik visited the sit-in at Rzeszow. His report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standoff at Rzeszow | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

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