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Word: pleasing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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There's nothing particularly new in saying that "normal" middle class life throttles vital emotions, but Tremblay overlays a complex weave of thematic concerns to avoid staleness. It isn't enough that one sister sleeps with Serge, all the others want to as well. They grab for him physically and...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: A Family Affair | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Dire warnings, and First Amendment pleas

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Cult Wars on Capitol Hill | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

Carter and the Department of Justice agreed with those pleas, and last week after a presidential commutation, Patty Hearst was freed from a California prison, five months before she was eligible for parole. She had served 22 months and 17 days of her seven-year sentence for her part in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Patty Is Free And Older | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

During evening prayers on the day of the flight, Khomeini sought to comfort followers who were unable to accompany him because of the shortage of seats. "The important thing is not that you be at my side on the plane but that you continue the struggle with me," he told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khomeini Era Begins | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

GUIDELINES. The tendency of workers to demand big raises to catch up with past inflation and protect themselves against future price boosts, and of companies to pass along all cost increases and add a bit more, makes inflation accelerate. At first Carter contented himself with pleas for restraint and named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 1979 Outlook: Recession | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

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