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Word: incursion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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OTHER, better, newspapers don't really provide happy mediums between hustle and heart attacks, either, though. At the Washington Post, news reporters--especially on cityside--constantly battle in a cutthroat competition to get their stories on the front page, and consequently tend to go for the quickie scandal rather than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Guns And Butter | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

A few small airlines undoubtedly would prosper by moving into profitable niches overlooked by the bigger carriers. Southwest, a small regional carrier, has applied for routes to Chicago with a regular fare 50% below that of the major airlines, and it could perhaps make a marginal profit on that heavily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying the Crowded Skies | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

Some parallels to the relationship between Government and press are immediately apparent: officials trying to put their best foot forward; newsmen pressing to discover what they may be concealing. Yet the difference between the news process and courtroom procedure is profound. The judge is missing-that judge who forbids misleading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH: Indegoddampendent Is Fine | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

"People in the region of the upper Yukon refer to their part of Alaska as 'the country' "McPhee explains at the start of the final section, which shares the book's title. "A stranger appearing among them is said to have 'come into the country."' The fact is, almost every...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Notes from the Tundraground | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Jewish authorities hold that a Jew who adopts Christianity - or any other religion - is a meshummad (apostate), a grievous sinner who incurs various penalties. He may not be a witness in a Jewish legal proceeding or count in the minyan, or quorum for prayer. He remains technically a Jew, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Yeshua Is the Messiah' | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

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