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Word: mindedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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THE ONLY THING that scares a narrow-minded person more than a nihilist is an enthusiast. For, while it has become fashionable to precede many intellectual discussions with a credo of disbelief (in the name of scientific abstraction), the old saw against those who wish to "destroy without first building...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Benares on the Charles | 1/18/1978 | See Source »

Foreign impressions of Begin have improved substantially in recent months. A number of Egyptian officials now argue that both Begin and Sadat are men of action who like to probe and test situations. The U.S. has grown less worried about Begin in office than about a disaster that would force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Begin: Partner for Peace | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

Various theories have been proposed to explain the German terrorist poison. Some ascribe it to the furor teutonicus that nourished the Nazis, but anyone discussing the country that attempted genocide should have a care about racial generalizations. Germans are methodical and tend to become unhinged by attacks on the social...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Terrorism: Why West Germany? | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

The problem in George Hamlin's current production is that the comic scenes, marked by both bravura acting and a careful attention to detail, come to represent "all the world," while the court scenes, marked by all too pregnant pregnant pauses and constant upstaging, represent nothing so much as the...

Author: By Diane Sherlock, | Title: The Kingdom and the Power | 12/15/1977 | See Source »

For 20 years, the die-offs in this veritable Auschwitz of earth's largest quadrupeds have been recorded by Peter Beard, an energetic and tough-minded American photographer who spends part of each year on his property near Nairobi. The results of his work are on view through Jan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Epitaph on Film | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

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