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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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"Now what?" you ask, as if no one were even attempting to lead this nation. This President can lead, if Congress, the public and especially the press allow it.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 20, 1979 | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

Performance appraisals get some undeserved bad publicity. "If Jimmy Took Ham's Test" [July 30], he would have got a valuable insight into his own performance, if he had answered the questions for himself, or a valuable insight into the single opinion of another person, if he had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 20, 1979 | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

I wonder if the White House would send copies of their new staff evaluation forms on request? It would make a terrific parlor game.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 20, 1979 | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

Just think of the clout the Ruckenbacks will have seven generations from now if the eleven brothers and sisters and their progeny each contributes an equal number of offspring to the world's population pot. All told, 214,358,881 Ruckenbacks would be on hand to express their opinions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 20, 1979 | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

The White House claimed that the trip cost only $1,260 more than if Carter had traveled by helicopter-and was well worth the price. Carter traveled by rail, he later explained, to show that "trains represent the future and not the past in transportation in America." Baltimore was the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Of Minestrone and Mondali | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

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