Word: partiality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impartial eye would have held us pale, underweight and understrength. A partial eye would have been appalled...
...been going too well for Playboy. Advertising revenue is down 7½%, and newsstand sales are down nearly 17%. For the first time, Playboy's circulation (5.8 million, v. 3.7 million for Penthouse) has fallen short of its 6 million-copy guarantee; the magazine last month began offering partial refunds to advertisers. Playboy, however, still makes money, while Hefner's nonpublishing sidelines mostly do not. Playboy Enterprises, Inc., the parent firm, last week announced its third consecutive losing quarter. Playboy is considered by its competitors as still relatively mild. "Bondage is where the action is right...
...years, the U.S. has maintained a trade boycott against Cuba as part of a policy of trying to isolate the Communist island country from the rest of the hemisphere. Last week, in the most significant change in that policy to date, the State Department announced a partial lifting of the boycott. Direct trade with Cuba is still banned. But U.S. firms with overseas subsidiaries will now be allowed to make unrestricted sales to Cuba from their foreign-owned plants; foreign merchant vessels will be allowed to refuel in U.S. ports even if they have previously called in Cuban ports...
...Administration gave in, as now seems likely, it would still have to seek approval in Congress, which might say no. Indeed, the proposal immediately revived memories of the Viet Nam involvement, which started with just a handful of U.S. observers, some of them civilians. Congress has always been exceedingly partial to the Israelis, but it might be wary of this dubious proposal. "Let the Israelis do any intelligence gathering that may be necessary," said Senator Henry Jackson, one of Israel's staunchest friends. "I don't want Americans there." But should Congress reject the provision, warns one Israeli...
...guitars paced by a drummer and a bass guitar, have more wail than twang. They are in fact a somewhat unlikely assemblage. Drummer Don Henley, 28, and Guitarists Frey, 26, and Don Felder, 27, have roots in rock. Bernie Leadon, 28, is country-trained, while Randy Meisner, 29, remains partial to Motown blues...