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Word: passingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assembly should talk to the SASC and other groups and see where they're at," Rosen said. "I don't think it will help anything to pass a resolution on our position on South Africa right...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Assembly Wraps Up Elections; Committees to Meet This Week | 10/24/1978 | See Source »

...young writer buys the family farmhouse. Up on the roof of the barn she cries ecstatically, "Everything is possible. Pass the word...

Author: By Susanna Rodell, | Title: A Half Dozen of the Other | 10/24/1978 | See Source »

...name so that the police check would turn up no trace of his crimes. Schreiber told recruiters to ask Marine hopefuls leading questions like, "You haven't smoked marijuana, have you?" Answers, of course, were negative. Some recruiters coach candidates in advance to ensure that they pass aptitude tests, or use bright stand-ins for those who seem sure to fail. Robinette said that one ringer in northern Ohio had taken the test for 15 candidates and was so proficient that he could deliver any score needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Too Few Men | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

...wing, 24, work in Kweilin's Measuring Equipment Factory (micrometers, T squares, etc.). A younger daughter works at another plant, and their son is in school. As a factory worker's son, the boy has a good chance of being accepted at a university - if he can pass his exams and shows a "good attitude." The Ts'aos' combined monthly income is about $117. They pay $2.40 a month, including electricity for four bulbs, for a pleasant, three-room apartment in an eight-year-old block of flats for factory workers. It has no kitchen (they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: A Tale of Two Families | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

Coke and Taylor immediately ran into trouble with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), which must pass on all wine ads and frowns on most comparative advertising (advertis ing of beer and wine, but not liquor, is permitted on TV). BATF did not bar Taylor's promotions, but said that the winery ran them at its own risk. If the ads were found to be misleading, Taylor could face penalties ranging from a letter of admonishment to a suspension of its permit to sell wine interstate. Early this month, Coca-Cola officials decided to risk the consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Coca-Cola's Full Court Press | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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