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Word: lesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...markedly changed. "I didn't realize five years ago that I was seeing the end of an era," he says. "Oilmen then were still somewhat fat and happy, confident that they'd surmount the energy crisis." This time, Tompkins saw the oil chiefs as "sadder, thinner and less optimistic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 7, 1979 | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...price of the make-over is about $2000 less than last year's, despite the increased cost of the new hydroseeding process. Keohan said...

Author: By Dayna L. Cunningham, | Title: Harvard Yard Gets Spring Face Lift | 5/4/1979 | See Source »

...until the end of his report, where Bok names specific changes, that he steps on some toes. When he suggests that the school place less emphasis on the "case method" of teaching, he even smashes an idol or two. Under this method, teachers present details of actual business situations to their students, and force them to make decisions--using a Socratic questioning technique similar to that practised at the Law School...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: The Big World Out There | 5/3/1979 | See Source »

...acquirer would be a firm that could live with apartheid more comfortably than the seller. Obviously, the question would be pertinent in either case: What has the change in ownership accomplished for the liberation of the oppressed majority? If the answer has got to be nothing, or even less, how would the seller's soul be saved, a reference in your message to Pretoria...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Transcript of Faculty Meeting | 5/3/1979 | See Source »

Twenty uranium exploration holes now surround Largo's hogan, a traditional Navajo house. Several of these holes lie less than 100 feet from her front door. Marie Largo went to the local BIA representative, who told her that the mining operation would bring her money. For the time being, however, her sheep cannot feed on the grass near the exploration rigs, and the water contaminated in the uranium exploration is unsuitable for either her personal or livestock needs...

Author: By Winona LA Duke westigaard, | Title: Uranium Mines on Native Land | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

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