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Word: quested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quest of Ivy pride, the Harvard men's track team finished second by a heart-breaking two points in the Big Three meet held Saturday in New Haven, Conn...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Princeton Edges Thinclads To Take Big Three Meet | 2/20/1979 | See Source »

...plot lacks inventiveness. The young prostitute (Season Hubley) who helps Scott in his quest is really just another hooker with a gold-plated heart. And a private detective (Peter Boyle) who also helps out remains an ambiguous, unfocused figure. The porn merchants and heir handimen are all stock figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Porn Scorned | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...physicists thought Einstein's lonely quest was hopeless, and in fact he never succeeded. But Einstein was convinced such a basic harmony and simplicity existed in nature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: The Year of Dr. Einstein | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

However that quest may turn out, the father of relativity remains a moving figure, a 20th century Newton who set physics aflame and left an intellectual legacy so rich and profound that its depth is still a source of amazement and discovery. Yet Einstein, for his part, never lost sight of the humanity that new knowledge should serve. Says Einstein's executor, Economist Otto Nathan: "Even if he had never done science at all, he would have been one of the memorable figures of the century." That may be the exaggeration of a loyal friend. But as a centennial assessment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: The Year of Dr. Einstein | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...quest for truth: I know from my own painful searching, with its many blind alleys, how hard it is to take a reliable step, be it ever so small, towards the understanding of that which is truly significant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: On the Human Side | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

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