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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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How does Israel intend to live with and have any peace with the Arab residents of the West Bank [May 21] if it constantly provokes and harasses the peaceful ones? It seems clear that the Israelis intend to choke off all but the violent Palestinian options so that they can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 11, 1979 | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

Investigators theorize that as the plane rolled down the runway, the pylon wiggled and vibrated far more than normal. Why is not yet known; the cracks in the plate may have caused-or been caused by-the vibration. In any case, the stress snapped the rear "attach" bolt and it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Saving Sense of Paranoia | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

The rising engine and pylon, possibly trailing yards of metal "spaghetti," apparently tore through the skin of the whig. When the engine flew off, it carried away the pumps for one of the plane's three hydraulic systems. The engine may also have cut through hydraulic lines in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Saving Sense of Paranoia | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

About then the Secretary got an invitation to talk to the Detroit Economic Club. In the past, aspiring Davids have found that their stones merely bounced off the skulls of those Goliaths who make cars. In that den, lions get eaten by the club members.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Toward a Peanut Butter Car | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

But President Bok's recent open letter to the community on boycotts has left most people confused about the status of the report. In that letter, Bok wrote that the University should not try to dictate the policy of a corporation because such action could threaten the appearance of neutrality...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: The Boycott Movement | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

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