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Word: generality (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scares the devil out of me to think Rosalynn is her Jimmy's closest adviser. There's not a general or admiral alive who would be allowed to let his wife sit in on "commander's calls," much less help to devise a battle plan. A First Lady? Yes! A copresident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 27, 1979 | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

...TIME correspondents last week followed some 14 Congressmen and Senators around their home districts, it was clear that many people who took the trouble to see their legislators did so out of special concerns, like seeking help to untangle some federal red tape. Yet also apparent was a more general worry about inflation and energy and the ability of Congress and the Carter Administration to deal with the two problems. There was not much talk about Carter or his recent actions. Ordinary problems were what worried ordinary people. The range of complaints and criticisms was illustrated by the travels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: What's on the Voter's Mind | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

...mail-sorting machinery in the courthouse was too noisy, was allowed to stay on the bench until he died last year at age 79. Examples like these, not to mention frequent charges of senility and laziness, have spurred congressional interest in disciplining judges. A Senate bill, supported by Attorney General Griffin Bell, would set up a court on judicial conduct to remove unfit judges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judging the Judges | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

...changed a great deal, and Moran's district court is the court of original jurisdiction for most serious criminal and civil cases. Just keeping abreast of the law means that Moran constantly reads as his driver, court reporter and general assistant, Mike Benitez, 22, ferries him from county to county, some 1,700 miles a month. In only a few days, in three different courts, Moran will change some child visitation rights, grant half a dozen divorces, hear pretrial motions on a first-degree murder charge, listen to motions on a complex home-construction case, sentence a drunken driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Chewing on It in Nebraska | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

Last week a husband-wife team at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital and their colleagues offered a possible explanation that may also suggest new cancer therapies. In their view, some malignant cells escape detection by getting the body to form a womblike cocoon around the tumor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer Cocoon | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

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