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Word: missioners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fidel Castro, however, refused to permit on-site inspections, and held out for almost a month against returning the planes. He agreed to do so only toward the end of a 24-day mission to Havana by Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan. Kennedy then declared that the quarantine was lifted, though on-site inspection had never taken place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Crisis That Was Real | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...Great Wall of China attracted record crowds during a coast-to-coast tour of the U.S. On a "mission of mercy" to Chad, est Founder Werner Erhard urged natives to "take responsibility for your own starvation" and was promptly eaten. Alarmed at declining election turnouts, the Administration offered free toasters to anyone who voted. Congress made 1984 the Year of the Total Recall when it ordered the return of everything manufactured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: These Are the Good Old Days | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...define a sense of intellectual mission" for the department...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...define a sense of intellectual mission" for the department...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Executive Committee To Run Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...Palestine Liberation Organization, the nation's black leaders erupted in hostility toward Jewish groups, which they blamed, somewhat unfairly, for the ouster of the highest black in Government. Last week President Carter named an adroit successor to Young: Donald F. McHenry, 42, a top deputy at the U.N. mission. Though close to Young and equally absorbed in African affairs, McHenry is a polished career diplomat who is as well known for prudence as Young is for impetuosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Change of Style at the U.N. | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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