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Word: inners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...response to the black community's outcry over the handling of the murders, a Globe editorial urged the community to "pull together, and keep the pressure on" until solutions are found. Until Boston leadership learns to respect the rights of all its residents equally, however, lack of protection for inner city minorities will remain politics as usual...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: As Different as Night and Day | 3/17/1979 | See Source »

...Sandinistas, however, have been the moving force in the drive to oust Somoza. Their daring raid of a diplomatic reception for the American ambassador on December 27, 1974, and subsequent kidnapping of 11 members of Somoza's inner circle--for which they received the release of 14 political prisoners, $1 million in ransom, a lengthy radio statement, and flight to Cuba--led Somoza to order martial law and censorship of the press on the same night. Crowds lined up on the roads leading to the airport, applauding the Sandinistas, but Somoza did not lift the sanctions until...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Nicaragua: La Lucha Continua | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...diameter. University of Arizona Astronomer Bradford A. Smith was both awed and puzzled by these storms: "It's as if each of these things has a life of its own. You can stretch them, deform them and even break them apart, and they still have an inner cohesion that keeps them together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Intimate Glimpses of a Giant | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...should respond. Then in a fraction of a second he decided that the better part of wisdom and the greater part of courage for the leader of a superpower was to sit calmly and quietly. In Mexico there was some grudging appreciation. In America, beset by too many inner doubts, there was plenty of criticism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: We Argue About Courage Again | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

...your boss, cover your ass and always, always be cautious. Patience was the greatest virtue. The way to get ahead was not to outshine everyone else, but to do precisely what your superiors wanted, prove your loyalty and get to know everything you could about the bureaucracy's inner workings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Making of A Bureaucrat | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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