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Word: hand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ayatullah will not be on hand to view the latest round in this protracted conflict, but his Finance Minister, Ali Ardalan, will sit down in Geneva on Tuesday with his opposite numbers from the other twelve nations in the OPEC cartel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Great Energy Mess | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

Once again, it is hand-wringing time at the thrifts. With a 13% inflation rate, people are being driven into investments that offer more than the paltry 5¼% or so that savings banks and savings and loan associations are allowed to pay on passbook accounts. The result is that these traditional homes of the small saver are fairly scrambling for deposits. New customers are being lured by both familiar freebies (toasters, tickets to shows) and new appeals. For example, New York's big Bowery Savings Bank (assets: $5 billion) now has its longtime pitchman, Yankee Slugger Joe DiMaggio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Big Squeeze | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...Managua, the heart of the fighting last week in strife-racked Nicaragua, ABC Correspondent Bill Stewart sensed it would be safer to approach on foot. Though his van was emblazoned with FOREIGN PRESS signs, he did not want to do anything that might spook the government troops. In one hand Stewart carried his government-issue press pass; in the other, he held a white flag. His interpreter walked several yards ahead, explaining that they meant no harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Murder in Managua . | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...last years of his life, the construction of St. Peter's Basilica topped by his triumphant dome. The Morgan has added memorabilia from its own stores, including maps and contemporary books. But it is the drawings that bring close that miraculous moment when Michelangelo's own hand touched paper and gave first reality to a vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: 41 Survivors | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...came to Harvard for frozen nirvana, you're in the right place. Belgian Fudge is one of the most popular and convenient Cambridge ice cream havens. The ice cream, hand-mixed in the Mass. Ave and Garage stores, reaches its peak in Rocky Road, Oreo Cookie, and pina colada. But it's a fat 75 cents cone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Where Elites Meet to Eat, Read and Rock and Roll | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

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