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Word: disposall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fortunately, Parker will have several instruments at his disposal at the Hanover camp that may make the selection process not only easier, but perhaps more accurate. There will be two ergometers--magical little contraptions that can indicate as closely as possible what an oarsman will do in a shell under...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Mexico Memories, Doubts About Munich | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

Cunard was "99½% sure" that the call was a hoax, Chairman Victor Matthews reported later. Nevertheless the company procured the cash in Manhattan and waited for a second call, which never came. Meanwhile, at an R.A.F. base in Wiltshire, England, a four-man bomb-disposal team climbed aboard a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HIGH SEAS: A Queen's Ransom | 5/29/1972 | See Source »

Philipp Scheidemann, the Social Democratic Party's deputy leader, was having a bowl of potato soup in the Reichstag dining room when he was told that the Kaiser had abdicated and that Karl Liebknecht, the left-wing firebrand, was about to proclaim Germany a Soviet republic. To head him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Berlin Diary | 5/15/1972 | See Source »

U.S. consumers are about to be treated to a Phase II sale. Because some big corporations have exceeded the Price Commission's guidelines on profits, they are in the process of rolling back prices and may even be forced to make some cash refunds to their customers. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRICES: Phase II Sale Season | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

In revenge for McCann's death, I.R.A. snipers killed three British soldiers, and set off a new upsurge of violence. In all, there were more than 250 shooting incidents last week. Most of them were apparently begun by the Official wing of the I.R.A., which prefers bullets to bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND: The Making of a Martyr | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

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