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Word: performer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Arthur MacKenzie, piano, will perform works of Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Debussy, Joplin and Barber...

Author: By Jim Gleick, | Title: Classical | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

Lenny was eager to fight in court, to perform his routines for the judges and defend them, but he found courtrooms and lawyers unsympathetic. What started out as a romantic crusade for freedom of speech soon became an ordeal that drained Lenny emotionally and financially...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Shooting Down Lenny Bruce | 12/4/1974 | See Source »

...silk-screen process, scientists can create thousands of tiny electronic components-transistors, capacitors, resistors, etc.-on a single flat surface called a "chip." Linked together in so-called integrated circuits, enough of these microscopic components can be included on a chip no larger than a postage stamp, and perform all the electronic functions of. say, a stereo amplifier, a hearing aid or even a pocket calculator. In the Westinghouse TV system, the chip is relatively large-a 6-in. by 6-in. surface that forms the TV screen. The chip contains some 36,000 electronic components-"probably the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: TV in a Picture Frame | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

...other states make it at least as easy to get help. New York places virtually no legal restrictions upon a physician's right to perform abortions on minors or to prescribe contraceptives for them, and local Planned Parenthood organizations will help obtain abortions in the state without parental consent. New Jersey allows minors of any age to obtain pregnancy care. Oregon has lowered the age of medical consent to 15; Alabama has dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Kids, Sex and Doctors | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

...halt. But last year she underwent a hip-joint replacement to correct the problems that persisted after the first operation. Since then she has recovered so completely that she has taken up teaching ballet again. Last week, at a Manhattan news conference, she demonstrated her renewed ability to perform classical ballet movements. "I feel like a marvelous car," she said. "They have put in a new part, and I am like a brand-new Cadillac or Rolls-Royce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Hip Doctor | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

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