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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Everywhere, Carter turned the trip into a revivalist gathering down by the riverside. The standard line, which never failed to win roars of approval: "How many of you believe we live in the greatest nation on earth? . . . If you will help me, we can make the greatest nation on earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cruisin' Down the River | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

A White House statement asserted that "these criminal defendants have a clear interest in making false and sensational charges in an effort to bargain for leniency." Rubell said that he would testify against Jordan only "if they [the Federal Government] give us the right situation" and in fact had told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cocaine Caper? | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

No matter what doubts Civiletti might have, the 1978 Ethics in Government Act requires the Attorney General to order an inquiry into any charges of serious crime against a high Administration official. He has 90 days to decide if appointment of a special prosecutor is warranted. If a prosecution ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cocaine Caper? | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

In a Harris survey in July, which asked Democratic and independent voters to choose among three possible nominees, Brown was backed by 18%, compared with 52% for Ted Kennedy and 25% for Carter. California Pollster Mervin Field thinks Brown has a fifty-fifty chance against Carter if Kennedy stays out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Long Hot Summer of Discontent | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

But one bank decided that discretion was the better part of valor. After a frightened teller in another New York City bank was killed last week, apparently for failing to act fast enough, Manhattan's Banco de Ponce posted a sign near the tellers' booths: "Attention would-be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Pass the Buck | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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