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Word: lostness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nearly unanimous that the U.S. would be making a dangerous error if it continued concentrating as much as it has on the nuclear balance. As long ago as the mid-1960s, when targets in the U.S. first became vulnerable to Soviet ICBMS, the threat of massive nuclear retaliation lost some of its credibility, and thus some of its ability to deter Soviet aggression. Would U.S. leaders really defend Western Europe by launching a nuclear strike against the U.S.S.R. if that could trigger a devastating Soviet counterstrike at New York or Los Angeles? The question echoes more loudly now that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Price of Power | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...past 15 years. Several years ago, when he was just plain Zachary Zzzra, Zzzzzzzzzra discovered to his sorrow that he had been zapped from last place by Zelda Zzzwramp, and so he added another z to his name. Last year, as Zzzzra. he was infuriated when he lost put to Vladimir Zzzzzzabakov. This year, tie outztripped all rivals by becoming Zzzzzzzzzra and once again won the last word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Zany Zach | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...Core committee insists it will dig up the other half-course exemption for these students somehow, but some ERG members have lost their faith in Core promises. James Henderson '80, the member of ERG who drafted the letter, said ERG approved the Core Curriculum, last year in part because the committee agreed it would not increase the Core requirements. "One of the things they kept pounding at us was that the Core would be no more than eight half-courses," Henderson said...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Promises, Promises | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

...morale. Your failure to inspire your flock is all too evident. You have broken the first of the commandments, for the play drags in many places and you have used a moaning chorus to create "atmosphere" where there is none. Your blocking is unimaginative and you have lost your sense of transition somewhere along the road. By the time we sit through five songs, the heavy-handed confessions in the revival scene and a predictable climax, we stifle yawns and repent the evening...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Beyond Redemption | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

Coach Peter Felske moved all of his players up one slot while Bougas rested her bursitis-ridden feet. Captain Meg Meyer filled in at number one, and after a shaky start, defeated Kathy Lynch 6-4, 6-0. Felske said Bougas, who has not lost a set playing for the Crimson, "will rest for a couple of weeks before getting back on the court...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Racquetwomen Win Easily | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

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