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Word: mother (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fought for the rights of American Nazis to speak and assemble, and successfully defended Actor Harry Reems, the lead in Deep Throat, against obscenity charges. Though a Jew and an ardent Zionist, Dershowitz has criticized Israel for establishing settlements on the West Bank. For that, he says, "my mother really gave me hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: 50 Faces for America's Future | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...perfect baby," gushed Louise Brown's mother, as Louise-Lulu to her family-celebrated her birthday at a party in Bristol, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 6, 1979 | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

Modifying an engine to run on ethanol requires only simple carburetor adjustments. One recent convert is Manhattan cabby William Bly, who last month logged more than 1,000 miles on alcohol from a still built by The Mother Earth News, a North Carolina counterculture magazine. Says he: "The car ran beautifully-no knocks, no stalls, no nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Home-Brew Fuel | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...they come here," says Walter Brey, principal of the Palmyra Elementary School, where older migrants attend school while in Wisconsin. But for their younger brothers and sisters, the grounding for education may be the only means of breaking the cycle of wandering and deprivation. Says Migrant Maria Covarabuis, a mother of five: "I want for my children to go to school and college and have a better future." In Palmyra, one teacher wears a T shirt that symbolizes the program, with a picture of a rising sun behind a green field. Underneath is written: MIGRANT EDUCATION, HARVEST OF HOPE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Harvest of Hope | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...sports facilities are impressive the amenities anything but. Toilets are few, far between and largely unsanitary. Every mother's advice has never been more apropos: 'Go to the bathroom before you leave.' Bring a seat cushion-most of the stands are bleacher-style seating-and a pair of powerful binoculars to use in the immense stadiums. If possible, take taxis, buses and subways. Don't drive yourself: street signs are almost all in Russian and left turns are illegal in Moscow. Above all, be patient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Warming Up for the 1980 Olympics | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

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