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Word: endedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week, as he ended his domestic summit at Camp David, no one was more aware of the problem at DOE than Carter himself. One solution being discussed: to create an energy emergency board to expedite projects that DOE has been handling and a separate Government corporation to oversee the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Horrible Conglomeration | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

At 6 p.m., the royals repair to the palace, discreetly signaling to their lingering guests that the idyll has ended. Some leave as they came, in chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royces and Daimlers; others head homeward by tube or bus. In 1870 the Times of London wrote, "The day was one...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Splendor on the Grass | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

With two roommates from Baltimore sending warm greetings via Earl Weaver, and hoards of Bostonians laughing at the slumping Yankees, it seemed all too fitting that my summer ended up being limited to New England weather, jogging along the Charles, and work. But after hours of boredom and months of...

Author: By Lorren R. Elkins, | Title: Confessions of a Yankee Fan | 7/20/1979 | See Source »

THE DAY APOLLO XI reached the moon Nixon and Co. ended their first six months in office by celebrating not the landing of the Eagle but the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne in Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquidick the morning before. By the time "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: How Giant A Leap | 7/20/1979 | See Source »

So when moonshots started boring people and networks no longer felt like covering them in depth, support for space fell faster than Skylab. Nixon, whose obnoxiousness had interrupted the moonwalk, turned around and canned the last three Apollos. The funds for the proposed space station were cut sharply, meaning that...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: How Giant A Leap | 7/20/1979 | See Source »

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