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Word: performancy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Demanding Boss. The hope among White House staffers is that Vice President Gerald Ford will perform Laird's role as a top-level troubleshooter while also influencing domestic policy. But to accomplish this, Ford will have to become a commanding figure in his own right, something no Vice President in history has been able to do. Says one key White House assistant: "Let's wait six weeks and see how it works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Who's in Charge There? | 1/21/1974 | See Source »

...Money and Run--when Sleeper in Boston is so much finer), you can take in Gimme Shelter, midnight at the Orson Welles: the greatest rock movie ever made, by far. It's worth trying to understand Altamont--an incredibly powerful nightmare vision in this film--and the Stones perform throughout as only they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: screen | 1/17/1974 | See Source »

...from W.H. Auden, e.e. cummings and others. Israeli Folk Singer Michael Burstein often opens Friday evening worship with Sabbath songs-"audience warm-up before air time," as one member puts it. TV Producer Allan Blye (The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour) serves as cantor, a role he used to perform professionally in Toronto. The synagogue "staff'-including Rabbi Cutler-are all unpaid volunteers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Synagogue, S.R.O. | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

...more expensive but possibly built to last longer; annual model changes are already becoming less pronounced, and the public is likely to be more impressed with quality construction than frequent cosmetic restyling. Says AMC's Chapin: "I think we're headed toward smaller, more efficient automobiles, including cars that perform specific functions better. By that, I'm thinking of cars particularly suited to our urban life, more resistant to the abuses that a car gets in traffic and parking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Painful Change to Thinking Small | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

...next step is to add a new device to 1975-model cars that will be sold in California and wherever else the automakers wish. According to GM, this "catalytic converter" will improve gas mileage by up to 13% and make cars perform as well as in the good old days. Shaped like a muffler and attached to the exhaust system, it will also convert hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide into water vapor and other harmless compounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Detroit's Most Difficult Deadline | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

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