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Word: offerred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plight of the wretched Vietnamese Boat People should make all of us cry in anguish. Can't we find a way to offer sanctuary to those desperate enough to flee from their homes instead of witnessing repeated capsizings of old tubs, drownings and miserable wanderings because no port is open to them? We are such a big country and they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 1, 1979 | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...issue dated June 17, 1929, TIME printed a small ad that made a large offer: for $60, a reader could purchase a subscription that would last "to the end of TIME." In a year when an office worker might earn only $20 a week, spending $60 for a newsmagazine just six years old was a bold investment. Nevertheless, nearly 200 readers-from places as diverse as Myitkyina, Burma and Goose Creek, Texas-bet on the future of TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 18, 1978 | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

Surely other societies cannot-or would not want to-emulate the example of a compact, English-speaking nation of 3 million that has relatively low wages and remains backward in many respects. Still, this Cinderella country can offer the rest of the world some lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: Pied Piper for Industry | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

Considering the journalistic haste with which they were assembled, Guyana Massacre and The Suicide Cult are solid documentaries. "It isn't War and Peace," admits Harwood, co-author of the Berkley book. Krause and his co-authors offer more sophisticated speculation about the psychological motives for Jonestown. One of the chapters is entitled "Scoop," a reference to Evelyn Waugh's satiric novel about journalists who cover an elusive crisis in a backward country. "A friend told me I would never write a book without a gun to my head," said Krause. Perhaps more editors and publishers should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Quickie Phenomenon | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

Rosovsky said he has made seven efforts to get faculty to accept tenure or get the University to offer tenure in the department...

Author: By David E. Sanger, | Title: Spotlight on Rosovsky | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

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