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Word: correctives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Peter Alzado does not yet speak verse well enough to warrant being entrusted with both the Duke of Burgundy and the herald Montjoy. But Isabelle Rosier is an unalloyed delight as the 19-year-old princess Katharine, whom Henry woos with inadequate French even while wearing the correct French motto of the Order of the Garter embroidered on his leg riband...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: More Than a Touch of Harry in the Night | 7/17/1981 | See Source »

Perhaps the situation was best summed up in an exchange between Rightist Christian Bonnet and Socialist Lionel Jospin. said Bonnet: "First France changed pilots and now it has changed planes." Added Jospin: "You're correct, but you forgot to say why. The pilot paid no attention to the passengers and the seats were uncomfortable." The metaphors now give way to reality. Will the plane...

Author: By Anthony J. Blinken, | Title: The New 'Revolution' | 7/7/1981 | See Source »

...defend and extend the frontiers of freedom everywhere. These include private persuasion, public condemnation and trade restrictions. In some cases we must provide economic or military aid to a besieged ally whose human rights record is not blameless. At the same time we should encourage that ally to correct its injustices. To withhold vital aid in the name of human rights and thereby help pave the way for a far more repressive regime would be a tragedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 6, 1981 | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

Your cover picture shows NOW accounts at 5.5% interest. The correct figure throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 6, 1981 | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

...than 50-50." Doctors then used sound waves to pinpoint the tiny beating heart. On their second attempt, they pierced the heart with a thin needle and withdrew about half the fetus' blood, causing the heart gradually to stop beating. Analysis of the blood later confirmed that the correct twin had been aborted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Saving One, Dooming Another | 6/29/1981 | See Source »

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