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Word: confirms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Boeing still refuses to confirm the plan, but it makes sense. By offering a "rubber" airplane that can be all things to all customers, the company can hope to get enough orders to start building this summer for delivery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Boeing Plans a Rubber Plane | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...what the waters are to fish, his preoccupation with it serves a unique purpose, constituting a social phenomenon all its own. Far from arising merely to pass the time or bridge a silence, "weathertalk," as it might be called, is a sort of code by which people confirm and salute the sense of community they discover in the face of the weather's implacable influence. By dispensing a raging blizzard, a driving rainstorm or even a sunny day, the weather tends to ameliorate the estrangements inherent in cultural divisions and social stratifications. Inspired by exceptional weather, otherwise immutable strangers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Weather: Everyone's Favorite Topic | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

Luise Vosgerchian, chairman of the Music Department, said yesterday the new director, when named, would devote four-fifths of his time to the choral groups and one-fifth of his time to the Music Department. She would not confirm Marvin's appointment, however...

Author: By Raymond C. Bertolino jr. and Susan D. Chira, S | Title: Group Recommends Choral Director | 2/3/1978 | See Source »

Members of the search committee last night declined to confirm Marvin's recommendation. They have, however, informed students in the choral groups of the recommendation, a member of the group said last night...

Author: By Raymond C. Bertolino jr. and Susan D. Chira, S | Title: Group Recommends Choral Director | 2/3/1978 | See Source »

...your article "New Year's Mellow Mood" [Jan. 2] you say: "Easy Rider Peter Fonda is out of work ..." On behalf of Film Artists Management Enterprises, which represents Peter Fonda, I can confirm that he is currently starring in a feature film titled High Ballin', now shooting in Toronto, for Jon Slan Productions, and has been so since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 30, 1978 | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

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