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Word: learns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sunday morning. Slab ice forces the bus off the road again in Carlisle, Ark. (pop. 2,000). As we stumble out, most of us disheveled and collectively smelling as ripe as backpackers three days out, we learn that more than 300 people are al ready stranded here from all over the U.S. and Canada. The Emmanuel Baptist Church has opened its doors to offer shelter, and this morning the church ladies are dishing up a free hot meal in the auditorium. "When we realized there were no rooms at the motel and bad weather in all directions,"recalls Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hippie Bus from Coast to Coast | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...There is much in your experience from which we can benefit. We would like to learn from you." Several members of the audience sounded eager to teach him. "What we're talking about here is money," Accountant Will Kidd murmured to a luncheon guest. Added Lawyer Thomas Lamar Jr.: "This is a booster town. It doesn't worry so much about political stripes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Teng's Triumphant Tour | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

American women are making a growing impact on change and progress in American society. We have much to learn from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Old Acquaintance at First Sight | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...Iranians will surely insist that the revolution live up to its democratic aims. "Democracy is a very difficult thing for a country that does not have a democratic tradition," Daryush Shayegan, a noted Islamic philosopher in Tehran, told TIME Correspondent David Jackson last week. "But Iranians are ready to learn it. Khomeini is an Islamic Gandhi. He is at the axis of our movement, and his greatest achievement will have been to have overthrown the regime. But there must be a democratic republic. In the Iranian character, miracles always happen at the last moment. I hope one will happen again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khomeini Era Begins | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...spiritual one. The hands of God are with you. If it wasn't the hand of God, the nation, from children to the elderly, would not have joined our campaign. Victory is near. Don't be afraid. The Prophet Muhammad spent most of his life struggling. Learn from the Prophet and be patient. He fought all his life to overcome oppression. And we have been doing it only a short time. But what are we afraid of? If we are killed we will go to heaven. And if we kill we will go to heaven. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Ayatullah's Hit Parade | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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