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Word: messing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Egypt's domestic economy is a mess. Despite a growth rate of about 8% this year, the bulk of the country's 40 million people remain desperately poor, with an average income of under $300 (vs. $2,700 for Israel). In the past year, thousands of peasants have abandoned the land to jam into the already swollen cities in hope of sharing in a peace-bred boom. Thus unemployment is soaring at a time when inflation is hovering above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Egypt's Promise of Peace | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Countryman said the Vietnamese will continue to sabotage any American aid to Cambodia. He added that the Cambodian people--described in the letter as holding "a bitter cup of oppression"--deserve special attention because the "U.S. is primarily responsible for the mess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter Asks Aid to Cambodia | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

...stunning view after another: coral seas, scarlet sunsets, moonlit landscapes, stormy skies. Almost every shot is suitable for framing, and Ballard prefers it that way. Whenever actors step into the frame, the director dismisses them quickly; he seems to feel that characters are intruders who come around only to mess up his pretty pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Ride on a Dream Horse | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...matter how you look at it, it's going to be a mess and everybody is going to be late," Thomas said...

Author: By Richard F. Strasser, | Title: Testing 1-2-3 | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...toys that don't mess with your mind mess with your hair. Mork and Mindy's Ork Egg is full of "icky, gooey, yucky gucky Ork goo," which "sticks to rugs, fabric and hair." And only...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Suckerman and His Friends | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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