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Word: fold (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...minutes into the second ten-minute overtime period, as darkness descended, B.U. finally moved ahead. Even then Harvard did not fold, as Mike Mogollan, courageously playing despite his injury, pumped renewed vigor into the Harvard attack...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Crimson Booters Edged In Overtime; Terriers Tally In Last Eight Minutes | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

...purpose of the invitation was two-fold: first, translating English into Ukrainian probably is an interesting problem, at least for specialists. But more importantly, the department sent the invitation in the hope of helping Karavansky's situation. Karavansky could use some help; he has spent nearly 30 of his 59 years in Soviet jails as a political prisoner...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Dissident in Limbo | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

...three-fold safety system causes problems of its own, though. "Anyone who's in charge of a reactor is sweating all the time trying to keep it running because there's so much redundancy in the circuits. Every time Cambridge power hiccoughs, we have to stop and check for a problem in our equipment," Harling said...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: The Reactor in Cambridge's Backyard | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

Shortly after 6 a.m. last Tuesday, World Airways Flight 031 touched down at California's Travis Air Force Base. A stream of 396 Indochinese refugees began to struggle down the stairway with their makeshift shopping-bag luggage, pausing at the bottom to fold their hands and bow formally to the flight attendants. After a briefing in Khmer and Lao and the processing of health forms, the refugees were hustled aboard buses and taken to a TraveLodge motel for introductory lessons on American life: how to operate light switches, how to use a toilet. Many stood on the motel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Not-So-Promised Land? | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...something for Chrysler, although $1 billion in tax refunds is distasteful to legislators who yearn to narrow the federal deficit. They may move instead for a loan guarantee. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long has pledged some aid for Chrysler. Says he: "It is better than letting the company fold. That would cost a lot of revenue and jobs." House Ways and Means Chairman Al Ullman is unenthusiastic but promises to expedite whatever bailout measures the Carter Administration proposes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Chrysler's Cry | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

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