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Word: licensees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gandhi's confidence in her authority caused her to foster the political ascendancy of her son Sanjay, thereby provoking the accusation that she was attempting to continue the Nehru dynasty into a third generation. Sanjay, though, lacked political experience and would hardly have been a competent successor to his mother...

Author: By Vivek R. Haldipur, | Title: Ding Dong The Wicked Witch Is Dead | 4/12/1977 | See Source »

Whatever his rank, the training never stops. He is constantly practicing instrument landings and emergency procedures, both in the cockpit of a jet and in remarkably realistic flight simulators. Twice a year, the FAA requires the airline to check out his proficiency. In addition, an FAA inspector?completely unannounced?may...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Constant Quest for Safety | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

Such suits are conceivable, if not probable, in other land claims, of which half a dozen are pending on the Eastern seaboard alone. A total of 350,000 acres has been claimed by the Wampanoags in Massachusetts, the Pequots and Schaghticokes in Connecticut, the Narragansetts in Rhode Island, the Oneidas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Should We Give the US. Back to the Indians? | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

In the past, the company and Sinatra seemed an ideal match. In addition to its real estate and construction activity, the company owns four major Nevada hotels and casinos: the Sahara and the Mint in Las Vegas, the Sahara Tahoe in Lake Tahoe and the Primadonna in Reno. Sinatra is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: My Way v. Their Way | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

Although it begins with all the standard props of detective fiction, Thomas Berger's eighth novel is a spoof of whodunits only in the sense that Portnoy's Complaint was a redaction of Oedipus Rex. Berger's chief debt is not to the novels of Dashiell Hammett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Loopy Locutions | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

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