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Word: offerred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...given way to a cynical exploitation of Viet Nam's economic problems. Corrupt Communist officials have moved into the black market trade once operated by the ethnic Chinese. All of the Red River delta's major arteries south of Hanoi feature Communist-run "floating markets" that offer goods stolen from ships or directly off the docks at Haiphong. Conspicuous consumption among Communist officials has become so flagrant that Premier Pham Van Dong felt it necessary to issue a prevailing order: "At a time when the people in several areas are experiencing privations and hunger, it is absolutely necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Hard Times for Hanoi | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

...honesty of a similar quality throughout the picture to keep any not too critical adult going through any matinee. Combine that with the pleasant lyricism of its skating scenes and you have the movie equivalent of a Judy Blume novel for teenagers: something you need not be ashamed to offer a kid and that you may find yourself more interested in than you would have suspected as you glance over her shoulder. - Richard Schickel

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Love in Blume | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

Club Max, a Boston discotheque, announced Tuesday that it will offer Harvard students free admission and transportation to its premises, despite a Boston Licensing Board (BLB) commissioner's investigation of a similar policy at Boston-Boston, another city disco...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Club Max to Admit H-R Students Free | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

...thesis jokes are already long overdue. I mean some seniors have already finished writing 100 pages. But if you're one of those, like my roommate, who hasn't started writing yet, don't use your thesis as an excuse for missing all the exciting activities Harvard has to offer in early March...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Last One in is a Rotten Egg | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

Director Scott Goldsmith describes Out of the Reach of Children as an evening of "musical impressions" rather than a musical. The original five-woman show offers little plot and little dancing. But it does offer a beautiful array of songs by Cornelia Ravenal, whose music first charmed us in last year's Riches at Lowell House. A considerable part of the Children score derives from Riches, in fact...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: 'Listening In' on 'Children;' Week II for Chapter II | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

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