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Word: forme (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the largest number of seats would be won by the biggest of the black parties, the United African National Council (U.A.N.C.). As the party's chief, Muzorewa, 54, who is both an ordained Methodist clergyman and a leader of the majority Shona tribe, would be called on to form the new government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Now, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...paper assuring the school's compliance with provisions of Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments (requiring equal opportunity for women). Grove City did not reply. It was not a "recipient" nor had it discriminated against women. Even so, because the college refused to fill out the HEW form, the Government has said it will view tuition aid funds granted to individual students at Grove City as a form of federal support and has threatened to withdraw them unless the school sends in its forms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Jeremiad from Academe | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author and philosopher (The Book of Sand): "The U.S. is a great power because it was left with no other choice, which is a form of decadence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 30, 1979 | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Living quietly in the depths for millenniums, blissfully unaware of the scientific quarrels about them, the worms attach themselves to rock walls and form their tough, flexible nylon-like housing as they grow. They have no eyes, mouth or gut, and absorb nutrients and oxygen through their elegant snouts. Especially fascinating to scientists is the fact that there is apparently no food shortage in this extraordinary unique ecological niche. The warming waters of undersea hot springs serve up a rich diet of bacteria and other microorganisms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pink Giant of the Deep | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Pompan may play any of three Elis who have battled at number one in different matches throughout the year. He might play schizophrenic Cary Leeds, a giant killer in the best of form, and a victim of dwarfs in the worst. He must also play Billy Brady, another incinsistent netman. Californian John Stiepel has also volleyed at number one for Yale, but will probably play down the order since Pompan seems to have his number. In more than six previous meetings, Pompan beat Stiepel, almost always in tight three set matches...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Netmen Destroy Bruins, 8-1 | 4/28/1979 | See Source »

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