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Word: michaell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...America, but he did not have his heart in his speech. He actually sounded as though he were apologizing for the President, and he pointedly told the White House that he would not "twist any wrists" on behalf of the bill. Referring to the fact that Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal and other Administration officials were still hotly lobbying for the measure even as the bells summoned Congressmen to their seats, Illinois Republican John Anderson castigated the "late-blooming Blumenthal bill." Enough Democrats agreed, ensuring the measure's defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Money for the Middle Class | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

What we have here is an ex-Marine (Nick Nolte), tough to the point of psychopathy, agreeing to smuggle out of Viet Nam and into the U.S. a large stash of smack for his old buddy (Michael Moriarty), who is both feckless and luckless. The stuff is supposed to be dropped on the latter's wife (Tuesday Weld), who is a prescription-drug doper. A corrupt narcotics agent (Anthony Zerbe, at his meanest) and a couple of ex-cons who alternately provide comic and sadistic relief want to rip off the junk. All this leads to a chase that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wasted | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...September 19 primary approaches, King supporters hope that Ackermann will deprive Dukakis of enough votes to put their candidate over the top. Barbara Ackermann persists doggedly in her scrupulously honest, low-budget campaign. And Michael Dukakis remains supremely oblivious of them both...

Author: By Fern M. Shen, | Title: Barbara Ackermann's Sophisticated, Honest, Humanitarian, Lonely Campaign for Governor | 8/15/1978 | See Source »

...Place Savages (Michael Livingston. Freeman Montague, Errol Bailey Haskell Humes, Rudy Russell...

Author: By Jacquelyn M. Crews, | Title: Summer School Announcements | 8/15/1978 | See Source »

...have been decided by judges Gail Mazur, Margot Lockwood, Carol Oles and Peter Theroux. A first prize of $50 was awarded to Jacquelyn M. Crews for her poem "Rebecca," which is printed below. A second prize of $20 each went to Marcia Hulley for her entire collection and to Michael Wasserman for his poem, "To An Autistic Boy." Julia L. Fein and Steven Albert received honorable mentions. The Summer School Photography Competition was cancelled due to insufficient entries...

Author: By Jacquelyn M. Crews, | Title: Summer School Announcements | 8/15/1978 | See Source »

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