Word: mount
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time the case came before a judge nine months later, Thomas was ready to mount a powerful and eloquent defense, having completed most of his first year at the University of Virginia law school. "Fortunately," he says, "the judge dismissed my case. But not without proclaiming that 'this doesn't mean the court thinks there is anything noble about the press.' " Ignoring that wisdom, Thomas came to TIME shortly after receiving his J.D. in 1977, joining Reporter-Researcher Raissa Silverman in the magazine's Law section. This fall Thomas will move to TIME'S Washington...
Villagers from the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro presented Queen Elizabeth with a stuffed oryx head and 600 lbs. of coffee, and a three-day festival in her honor featured native dances. One performance, on the theme of "defending the nation and building the economy," was danced by ten-year-olds brandishing wooden rifles, spears, hoes and machetes. At one point half the youngsters set about symbolically killing the other half. Asked what this scene signified, a Tanzanian official explained that the victims were "either the forces of Idi Amin, or racists...
...Carter. In another it probably would prove unsuccessful: it was unlikely that any Carter speech could live up to the expectations that surrounded his appearance on Sunday night. Ironically, on CBS-TV, the speech pre-empted a segment of Moses?The Lawgiver, a series that depicts Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments...
...have worked out strict measures to as sure that such a crash cannot occur again." Federal investigators blame American Airlines' maintenance proce dures for contributing to the disaster which was the worst in U.S. airline history. TIME has learned that the plane's No. 1 engine mount was weakened be cause of a short cut taken by mechanics in March. While they were doing routine maintenance work on the plane, they low ered engine No. 1 and its pylon, weighing a total of 18,500 Ibs., from the wing by a hydraulic forklift. Then, while the mechanics were...
...possible to mount a Twelfth Night that displays marked sad, bitter, even tragic undercurrents; it is an extraordinarily multivalent script. Freedman has chosen to concentrate on the pleasant and sunny aspects. Although there may be too much sugar-coating for some tastes, there is no denying that Freedman has turned out a smooth, elegant and delicious dessert...