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Word: poorness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mile return flight to California convinced that he had been mousetrapped by Jimmy Carter's political operatives. Both Gallen and Chris Spirou, minority leader of the New Hampshire house, are Carter supporters. But Brown's gaffe actually seems to have been a case of naivete and poor staff work. Spirou had written to Brown saying that the hearing was a "Republican scheme" and that he should stay away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: April Fool! | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...answer is no. In the immediate future, though, Washington obviously does worry about the consequences of more instability in the Middle East. Thus, as a result of the Iranian revolution, U.S. analysts are taking a much closer look at the social forces simmering in other Islamic nations, both poor and wealthy. Says Secretary of State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of Islam | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...peeved or bored throughout the entire show; I kept hoping they would pull him offstage with one of those big, vaudevillian hooks. Sargent, on the other hand, oscillated with ease from ladylike dignity to heartfelt compassion, to aching sexuality. She waxed multi-dimensional, in contrast to Mulrean's iron-poor performance. Mulrean's heart did not seem...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: A Big Hot Mama With Blue Suede Shoes | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...laxmen took advantage of the poor defense and B.C. errors with good stick-work and clearing, racking up a 14-2 lead by halftime...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Laxmen Crunch Eagles, 22-8, As Predun Leads Run Away | 4/12/1979 | See Source »

...true nature of the "equilibrium of poverty." He claimed that in the U.S., income can be increased simply by a little macroeconomic maneuvering, and most of the time each individual can boost his own economic status if he so wishes. In places like India, however, Malthusian forces keep the poor poor. Growing population and the overwhelming pressure of current needs swamp small increases in national product. The models of economic growth taught to eager American college students do not apply to a country with hordes of people on the edge of subsistence. Centuries of poverty have destroyed the people...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: The Starving and the Poor | 4/11/1979 | See Source »

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