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Word: places (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hands tied. The women were guarded by chador-clad girls clutching automatic rifles. Early in the week the captors released a taped message from one of the Marine prisoners, Kevin Hermening, complaining that he didn't like "being a pawn used in a game" and urging the President to place a higher priority on the lives of the hostages than on the Shah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: The Test of Wills | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...simply cut back its production by a flat 700,000 bbl. With the world market tight, any such reduction would push up prices sharply, especially for single shipment cargoes that are sold on the so-called spot market, where more and more of the world oil trade now takes place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Economy Becomes a Hostage | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...White House, however, has no present intention of halting food supplies. If the U.S. later plugs up this cornucopia, Iran will be less vulnerable than it once was. As a Persian grain trader says, "We are earning $24 billion a year from oil. We can buy food any place we want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Not Much Left to Seize | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...Chicago. The town was regarded by urban experts as a model of intelligent planning. In 1968, Klutznick founded the Chicago-based Urban Investment and Development Co.; two years later the firm was sold to Aetna Life & Casualty for more than $52 million. His latest major project was Water Tower Place, a 74-story, $195 million showpiece on Chicago's North Michigan Avenue. The complex includes the 20-floor Ritz-Carlton hotel, 150 stores and 40 floors of high-priced condominiums. Klutznick and his wife Ethel occupy one of them near the top floor; he calls it living "over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Finally, a Yes | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...bitterest disputes have turned out to be over hunting and fishing. Two precedent-setting battles are taking place on reservations in Michigan and Minnesota that were visited by TIME Correspondent Madeleine Nash. Her report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Chippewas Want Their Rights | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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