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Word: maneuverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Trudeau's proposals, which he called "quite momentous and quite considerable," were prompted by something more than concern for Canadian autonomy. They were also part of a complicated war of maneuver between Trudeau and Premier René Lévesque of Quebec, who wants independence for his predominantly French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Struggling for Self-Mastery | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

Mike Torrez went the route, yielding nine hits and getting out of numerous jams unscathed, and secured his eleventh win of the year, the most by any righthander in baseball to date. His Houdiniest mound maneuver of the day came in the fifth, when Baltimore had the bases loaded with...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Sox Sweep Orioles With 4-1 Brush-off | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

"There are problems within the alliance," declared Turkish Premier Bülent Ecevit, the honorary president of NATO. His audience consisted of the allied heads of government who gathered for a summit-conference dinner in the White House Rose Garden last week (see NATION). Indeed, there are problems, and none is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MEDITERRANEAN: The West's Ragged Edge | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

Rarely has the political climate changed so totally so fast on an economic issue. Only last fall, all the talk about taxes on capital gains?profits on the sale of assets such as stock, bonds and real estate?centered on prospects for a drastic increase. The Carter Administration drafted a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: About-Face on Capital Gains | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

Though it is difficult to gauge the depth of disillusionment, a younger Communist dissident notes that "this Leninism business is only a maneuver to avoid a general discussion of party matters. The leaders speak of liberalism, but obedience remains the word. They simply want to maintain their positions. It'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Democracy v. Authority | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

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