Search Details

Word: petered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Nixons never did reimburse the Government for these nonsecurity improvements. Whether they should, now that the estate is being sold, is under study by Washington. Peter Hickman, a spokesman for the General Services Administration, said that "if anything there is Government property, it remains Government property." By that, Hickman meant that the Government would remove what it could, including security equipment that might be used to protect Nixon at his new residence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trading Down | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...early 20th century, Finley Peter Dunne's "Mr. Dooley" carved up public figures in a thick Irish dialect and coined a few deathless epigrams along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Humor Man | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

Committee member Peter Brooke asked Reardon about Harvard's basketball facilities as he surveyed Watson Rink (complete with an elevator and special seating section for handicapped people, another legislative initiative of the '70s). After all, Brooke said, Exeter has a beautiful, four-court arena which is bigger than...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: A Beginning and an End | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

...terrific appointment because Pizzorno is a very prominent and extremely stimulating professor." Peter Lange, associate professor of Government said yesterday. Lange added that Pizzorno's background and writing in social theory "will be his greatest asset to the Sociology department...

Author: By Corcoran H. Byrne, | Title: University Offers Krupp Chair To Italian Sociologist Pizzorna After Searching Four Years | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

...Peter Stoler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Aficionado of Failure | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

Previous | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | Next