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Word: offing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sugarplums, humbug! After covering the pre-Christmas offerings at some of the world's finest auction houses for this week's cover story on the "collectibles" craze, several TIME collectors had visions of something more elaborate dancing in their heads. Their Christmas lists follow.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Reporter-Researcher Georgia Harbison, who interviewed the owners and patrons of Manhattan's top auction houses, shares Demarest's taste for fine art. "Chinese lacquer chests interest me, and so do impressionist paintings. I wouldn't mind getting a Renoir for Christmas. It can be a very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

DIED. Carlo Schmid, 83, grand old man of West Germany's Social Democratic Party; of cancer, in Bonn. After serving as a legal adviser in the German military government in France during World War II, the portly law and political science scholar was active in state government and emerged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

DIED. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 84, Roman Catholic prelate whose compelling sermons were heard by millions of Americans on evening radio in the 1930s and '40s and on national prime-time television in the '50s; of heart disease; in New York City.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

3. Memories of Another Day, Robbins (3)

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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