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Word: jonesism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tulsa's Congressman Jim Jones was one of a couple dozen invited to the White House last week by Jimmy Carter, No. 1 White House lobbyist. Eat before I go, thought Jones, whose three other breakfasts down there had consisted of two nickel-size biscuits and orange juice. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Better than a Rolls Any Day | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

First problem at the foot of the Capitol. Broken water main had left a puddle that a transit bus hit just as Jones came along. He was sprayed. quit now and take a cab, he asked himself, or press on? Keep going, he decided. Turn on to Pennsylvania Avenue. Lovely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Better than a Rolls Any Day | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

ONE REASON Cole Porter's musicals have remained so popular through the years is that none of his lyrics are predictable, and most of his situations provide some surprises. I Do, I Do by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, is unlikely to have the same success, largely because its authors...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Hackneyed Lives and Loves | 7/1/1977 | See Source »

I do, I do by Tom Jones and Oscar Schmidt, is a musical about 50 years of marriage. By the end of the play, you'll feel like you've been sitting there for 50 years. At the Loeb, Monday through Saturday. Curtain at 8 p.m. except on Saturday, when...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Stage | 7/1/1977 | See Source »

Why the game of musical chairs among brokerage offices? In the securities industry, as in the insurance and advertising businesses, specialized skills and customer contacts are all-important. Wall Street firms often find it cheaper to hire a competitor's employee than to train someone new, and that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JOBS: The Fresno Raiders | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

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