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Word: helpful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...labor settlement will help Chrysler to get federal aid. The Carter Administration has insisted that as a precondition for help Chrysler must win concessions from its bankers, dealers, supliers, executives and workers. Everyone las been reluctant to be the first to act, and some have been downright ornery. Only three weeks ago, nearly one-third of Chrysler's 180 bankers voted against renegotiating its credit lines, arguing that even a federal bailout might not save ;he company. Now that the U.A.W. has Broken the logjam, and with the presidential primaries approaching, support for Chrysler is gaining momentum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Chrysler's Blue-Collar Director | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...dominated by three: Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore. But IBM is eying the market, and Texas Instruments last May introduced a $1,500 model that can also be programmed for sound. Apple executives profess to welcome these entrants. The Apple corps believe that the big newcomers will help expand the market for all by advertising heavily to teach more people the wonders of personal computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shiny Apple | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Jesus is not so much a movie as a religious documentary drama, which is its weakness as well as its strength. Since the Gospels are basically collections of episodes that were set down for inspiration and information, a film that follows them faithfully cannot help jumping from event to event without much narrative flow. However, the movie is also mercifully spared the hype that commercial film makers usually inflict on biographies of Christ, as in Nicholas Ray's 1961 remake of Cecil B. DeMille's silent epic King of Kings and George Stevens' overwrought 1965 The Greatest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Film for Bible Purists | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...does not exactly help him to melt into the background the way spies are supposed to, but then our undercover people have not been having much luck in that respect lately. Maybe he is supposed to symbolize something. Or not. Who cares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Flat Country | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...strong neighborhood base is an essential start, though, it is not enough. A recognizable name will help, and if you don't have that, an indistinguishable name is a must...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Call Me O'Leary | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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