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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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* In a rhetorical repudiation of his country's colonial past, Muzorewa last week ordered that the word Rhodesia be dropped from its name. If the bishop's parliament approves the change, the country will henceforth be known as Zimbabwe, after a black civilization that existed in the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN AFRICA: Widening War | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

"I reckon your boys are letting you down, George. Can't be much good, can you? ... I'm not quite sure when I will strike again, but it will definitely be some time this year, maybe September or October - even sooner if I get the chance." That taunting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Striking Again | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Another bullish factor is that investors have put a large cache of cash in short-term securities and money-market funds, and it is available to switch into equities when the time is right. This pile has been conservatively valued at $65 billion. Another $4 billion to $5 billion also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Hopes for a Bull Market | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

As summer blends into fall, the bureaucrats in federal agencies are often faced with a problem that few taxpayers will ever have to wrestle with: an overabundance of cash and a pressing need to spend it as quickly as possible. Usually the officials meet the challenge, pumping out money like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Autumn Binge | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

The reason for this Washington rite of fall is that if an agency does not spend its full appropriation by Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, the money remaining is returned to the Treasury. That could give Congress the idea that the agency's appropriation was too...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Autumn Binge | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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