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Word: hourse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nearly ten years ago, a small band of wary Americans boarded an air-worn converted C-141 tanker. They roared off into the night from Andrews Air Force Base, held their ears from the shattering sound, chewed on half-cooked steaks, and eleven hours later stumbled onto the Helsinki tarmac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: It Began with a Cigarette | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

DENMARK. The Nordic countries are the most expensive in Europe. Here too, though, one can find $40 hotel rooms and low-priced lodging in pristine country within two or three hours of the capitals.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Europe: Off the Beaten Track | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Farouk made Saturday the cruelest day of all. In the morning he would order prisoners brought to the reception area. With a wave of his hand, he would signal which were to die that night. At 7 p.m. precisely, the cars parked in the courtyard would be started to drown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Amin's Horror Chamber | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

During routine maintenance or refueling of a nuke, lowering a reactor's normal operating temperatures of about 315° C (600° F) is as simple as the binary code of the computer that does most of the work. Control rods are automatically dropped into the fuel core, which in effect douses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Now for Operation Teakettle | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Allen has his own misery, which is sincere and lifelong. It cannot be dissipated by the success of his movies. A shy workaholic who avoids the show-biz whirl and is never "on" in private, he not only talks about death in his films but spends a great deal of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Woody | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

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