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Word: dump (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...almost anyone after a few minutes of conversation. Her post in the Johnson Administration, which gave her access to enough intimate details of the president's life to put together a psychobiography, came quite unexpectedly, shortly after she co-authored an article for The New Republic on how to dump Johnson...

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Tenure: Notes on Becoming a Baron(ess) | 9/15/1975 | See Source »

...survey found more discontent among veteran Democrats than among the 75 freshmen (54% of the veterans v. 49% of the freshmen were dissatisfied). But the senior members have tended to support the leadership in public, while the first-termers have voiced their complaints and even talked of trying to dump Albert as Speaker-a move that would doubtless fail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Democrats: Ready to Think Smaller | 7/14/1975 | See Source »

...drastically raising rates. For example, the average annual premiums for high-risk specialists in California soared from $5,377 to $22,704. But the worst was still to come. This spring Argonaut and other companies sought yet another round of increases in some states and announced plans to dump malpractice coverage entirely in others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISSUES: Malpractice Mess | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

When they finally dump him in front of police headquarters, Doyle is a heavy junkie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Leap Frog | 6/2/1975 | See Source »

...those countries were still surging through the pipeline across the Pacific. The Defense and State Departments acted immediately to turn off the flow: they rescinded letters of credit to recipients, canceled orders to suppliers, and cabled ships at sea to "frustrate" their cargoes (that is, dump them) at the nearest port. Result: military aid was routed directly to U.S. bases but non-military goods are piling up in warehouses all over Asia, especially in Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Manila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: Orphaned Cornucopia | 6/2/1975 | See Source »

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