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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...take the time to make the case for Texas, first, because the author surely knows there is more to Texas than the highlights of his review, and second, because to do so would dignify the review beyond reason. Dalton is surely correct when he implies his dissatisfaction with the increasing division of our country into self-interested fragments. That is just as surely the reason that this review's regional bigotry damns itself. I can only hope that he is not also provided access to a nuclear weapon at any time in the near future. Austin is simply too nice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defending Texas | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

...they had dealt with in the past. Unit 2's huge turbine, which generates 880 megawatts of electricity, had "tripped," shut down automatically, as it should when the steam that turns it has somehow been cut off. The technicians assumed that the cause would be easy to find and correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nuclear Nightmare | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...Weber challenge puts employers in a tighter spot than ever in efforts to correct past racial injustices. If they voluntarily set up programs to redress discrimination against blacks, they risk getting sued by passed-over whites. If they admit their own past discrimination to justify such a program, they risk suits by blacks. If they do nothing, they stand to lose valuable federal contracts and be sued by blacks anyway. As usual, the Justices gave no hint as to how they plan to resolve the legal dilemma. But on their decision, which is expected this spring, hangs a question that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Quotas, Again | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...answers: 1) Either 1960s or 1960's is correct; 2) "a U.S. Representative"; 3) "Smiths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

TIME Reporter Tim Miller tested the hot lines by making informal calls to all three colleges. Emporia State and Arkansas, but not Johnson County, corrected his run-on sentence ("Enrollments will continue to decline, no change in the pattern is in sight") and his incorrect use of "less" for "fewer" ("Less students are enrolled this year than last"). The response was no better when he wanted to check out the more subtle misuse of "whom" in a subordinate clause ("They wanted to hire whomever was the best candidate"). A Johnson County instructor correctly insisted that Miller switch to "whoever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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