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Word: leafed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When his grandson was born in Jerusalem, Alexander Klausner told him that one day Jewish Jerusalem would blossom into a true city, true probably meaning European, with a river and a cathedral and thick woods round about. This boy was expected to be a new leaf, an Israeli tough and simple, cleansed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Reflections on an Anniversary | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...reads like a cross between a driver's manual and a guide for revolutionary Boy Scouts. Among other things, it contains admonitions to drive carefully, be courteous to neighbors and, of course, be prepared. Entitled Security Rules and Work Methods, the loose-leaf document of 20 typewritten pages was among the most valuable finds uncovered late last month by police who raided a Red Brigades apartment hideout at Via Gradoli 96 in Rome (TIME, May 1). As a survival handbook for Italy's underground terrorists, the document provides a fascinating glimpse into how the Red Brigades seek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: How to Be a Terrorist | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...Paul are plaster busts of Humphrey and his wife Muriel, a doll made of apples and holding a copy of the Senate rules, a container of holy water from Lourdes, an eight-inch-wide cookie made of Rice Krispies and baked in the shape of a maple leaf, four whips (sent to him when he was Senate whip), a paint-by-number picture of Rin Tin Tin, and an egg laid by a hen on the day a man first walked on the moon. Elizabeth Knight of the historical society, who is attempting to make an inventory of the entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Treasure Trove | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...previous position, but still wants to restrict Palestinian participation to those living in the West Bank and Gaza. Sadat insists on including those in the diaspora; otherwise, he argues, the problem cannot be solved "in all its aspects." The Aswan summit language, say the Egyptians, is the "fig leaf that Sadat must have if he hopes to make bilateral negotiations respectable in the eyes of his doubting fellow Arabs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Searching for a Fig Leaf | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...Vilcabambans exaggerated their ages, Leaf believes, in hopes that the fountain-of-youth publicity would bring a flood of tourist dollars. Indeed, the Ecuadorian government was influenced by the influx of scientists and tourists to step up development of the area, and a Japanese group has announced plans to build a health spa and longevity research center there. But it will take more than a sampling of the Vilcabambans' vaunted regimen of hard work, low-calorie and low-animal-fat diet and high-altitude living to extend the normal life span. Concedes Leaf: "This lifestyle, although it kept them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: High Hoax | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

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