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Word: plaines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deliver his State of the Union speech, he was greeted not only as a well-regarded former member but also as a President who had earned the gratitude of both sides of the aisle. Democrats clapped as vigorously as Republicans when Ford walked to the lectern, and his plain but quietly eloquent 45-minute speech was interrupted numerous times by applause. "This report will be my last," said the President, playfully ad-libbing: "maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Making It Easier for the New Man | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...knack for simplicity, practicality and thrift. Mrs. Mondale, she says, "likes clothes that give her mileage"-which is perhaps the reason the new Second Lady has been stocking up on Brenner dresses for the past four years. A typical purchase is a knit dress ($130) that can be worn plain or with a blouse, and which travels well. Mrs. Mondale wore one often during the campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Inaugural Togs: Less Is More | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...clear, then, that the River Houses have the votes to pass the Fox proposal in some form. Those votes make it plain that Canaday is indeed the real problem, and that the freshmen at the Quad are a mere casualty in the battle. It appears once again that the Quad is being sacrificed for the River...

Author: By David B. Hilder, | Title: Notes From the Faculty Room | 1/21/1977 | See Source »

Early sacerdotal portraits of this kind are seldom seen in the West, because most of the surviving ones remain in their temples and are the most sacred of cult objects. The Zen master sits in the lotus position on a plain bench; his robe falls almost to the ground; a pair of empty slippers fit below its hem. Its spread belies the slenderness of the old priest, who was probably about 80 when the likeness was made. His face is all parchment and bone. The prow of a nose and the jutting underlip have a fierce antique gravity, like Renaissance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wooden Priests, Painted Dragons | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

Soldier of Fortune features mayhem and violence for its own sake. For them, killing is pure technique. But technique begs application. It's scary. It's just plain scary...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Grim Business at the Newsstand | 1/13/1977 | See Source »

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