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Word: morrises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Agreement broke down over the choice of a presidential slate. One faction was led by another former Governor of Georgia, fast-talking, flamboyant Lester Maddox, 60, who charged that George Wallace had "joined the pointy-headed bureaucrats." John R. Rarick, 52, a former Louisiana Congressman who is anti-black and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSERVATIVES: Conclave in Chicago | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

Richard Cheney, Ford's White House chief of staff, suggests that recent election returns demonstrate how much the national mood has changed. "The economic center of gravity of the nation is moving away from programs like the Great Society; it's shifting in a more conservative direction. I think this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: THE PLIGHT OF THE G.O.P. | 8/23/1976 | See Source »

The torture subculture has its own rules and rituals, which sometimes parody the daily routine of infinitely less brutal professions. "It was just sort of a job to them," says former Methodist Missionary Fred Morris, who was tortured for 17 days in Recife, Brazil, in 1974. "These people had 9...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Macabre World of Words and Ritual | 8/16/1976 | See Source »

The prevalence of rape (of both men and women) as a torture technique indicates that the ranks of torturers contain many sexual psychotics as well as sadists. At the same time, some victims testify that their torturers were visibly strained by the routine and took pills to soothe their nerves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Macabre World of Words and Ritual | 8/16/1976 | See Source »

A. My major vulnerability is that people still don't know who I am or what I stand for on specific issues. Although I was in all [but one] of the primaries, I mostly restricted my efforts to just a few states. I still have never campaigned extensively in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: People Don't Know Who I Am' | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

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