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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Getting out of the truck, Glenney led Leach into a barn. The farmer pointed to a battered 1955 International Harvester tractor. "See this tractor," he said. "I bought that for $3,600 when corn was selling for $3 a bushel. Now this here new one," he said, indicating a bright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: What's on the Voter's Mind | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

Philadelphia police last year arrested Cornell Warren, 20, for reckless driving, cuffed his hands behind his back and took him to headquarters. Along the way, Warren suddenly dashed down the street, with Patrolman Thomas Bowe close behind. In the scuffle that followed, Bowe's revolver went off and Warren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cops on Trial | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

The Justice Department has asked the court to cut off Philadelphia from all federal funds until the police department improves its behavior. While the suit does not document the charges with specific incidents of abuse, the Government lawyers say they are armed with 1,500 allegations of police brutality if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cops on Trial | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

Since Elvis Presley's death two years ago, fans have flocked to Memphis to pay their respects and take home souvenir T shirts, records, statuettes and posters. Now Memphis Dry Cleaner William Carwile is trying to clean up on a new relic: chips off the old burial block.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Elvis Rocks Again | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

The economists argue that instead of providing the right incentives, government policy has been coming up with all the wrong ones. They assert that Government has motivated Americans to spend too much and save too little. They charge that federal tax, budget and monetary policies have promoted immediate consumption instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Set the Economy Right | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

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