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Word: following (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most appealing to those who are experiencing conflict in the home and may be turning to this religion for help. Actually, Mormon families are stable because carefully defined roles have been created and are acted out by each member. Each male is expected to lead, each female to follow, regardless of temperament or capability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 28, 1978 | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

...jobs in shipyards and seafood plants, working as many as 80 hours a week. Some have pooled their money to buy old boats and hoped to make Plaquemines their base. Their welcome has been mixed, partly because they have docked illegally, unable to rent proper space, and failed to follow safety procedures. The fishermen in Plaquemines are naturally protective of their territory. Said one: "It's like having an apple. You'd rather split it four ways than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: The Legacy of a Parish Boss Lives On | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

...Portugal has a new manager," exclaimed Walter Marques, a director of the Bank of Portugal, last week. So it had. President António Ramalho Eanes had ended a two-week-long government crisis by tapping his favorite industrial technocrat, Consulting Engineer Alfredo Nobre da Costa, 55, to follow Socialist Party Leader Mário Soares as Premier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: The Technocrat | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...injected Victorian moral earnestness into the system. Schools became molders of character and soul. Students who had been forced to memorize the Aeneid still graduated unable to write their native tongue, but the harrowing, evangelical zeal drummed into them for years helped them become high-minded gentlemen, trained to follow their superiors and lead the lower classes. Rabid athleticism flourished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Schools for Scandal and Virtue | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...that the company, with aforementioned exceptions, is in over its head. Rose seems to have no real idea how to convey what the play is about, and seems to have let the actors work out their parts as best they can. This is not an easy play to follow, and the audience needs as much help...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: An American Nightmare | 8/18/1978 | See Source »

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