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Word: nosedives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Growing tired of the New Republic, Lippmann moved on to the Pulitzer-owned New York World to expand his influence among a wider circe of readers. Working there until 1931, when financial difficulties forced the World, the nation's most important liberal newspaper, to fold, his political sentiments gradually shifted...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: Lives of the American Century | 10/28/1980 | See Source »

Harvard students, especially those who've listened to the likes of Richard Pipes, should realize the first, most obvious, reason why Ronald Reagan should be denied the presidency: in a world one decision away from nuclear conflagration, only the coolest of heads, the sanest of men, should be allowed to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Voting For What You Believe In | 10/23/1980 | See Source »

The JROTC room is lined with posters, all the same size, all hung exactly two inches apart in a stripe around the wall. They feature two different scenes--the fighting airplane at sunset, and the fighting airplane against spectacular backdrop. You have your Stratofortress, and your B-1 against the...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Integrity, Responsibility, Honesty... | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

Disapproving of his cousin's business ways, Evelyn two weeks ago resigned from the board of the Rothschild Investment Trust and invoked a ten-year-old agreement that would force RIT to drop the family's name. Says Evelyn: "I don't want to sound staid and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Family Feud | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

The English officer charged with tracking down Wolff is Major William Vandam, a non-U widower in military intelligence. Vandam's strategy starts with a well-baited hooker. Her name is Elene Fontana (nee Abigail Asnani), a 23-year-old Jewish courtesan who-after the characteristic Follett sexual intermezzos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nile Wiles | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

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