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Word: questionned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem was simple enough, though its solution was infuriatingly elusive: The Administration insisted that between 2,000 and 3,000 Soviet troops in Cuba have been equipped for combat and organized as a combat brigade. The Kremlin consistently denied this, claiming that the forces in question have been there for 17 years, and that their purpose is to train Cubans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Search for a Way Out | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...paid last year look like a bargain. To cut costs, they plan to close off the 1,100-seat main sanctuary during the cold months and hold services in the church chapel and chapel hall, which together can accommodate only 500 worshipers. Explains one priest: "It is simply a question of 45 gal. an hour to heat the big church against 6 gal. for the chapel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Those Fear-of-Freezing Blues | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

Author John Barth, 49, began his career in the guise of a realist with a somewhat spooky sense of humor. The Floating Opera (1956) and The End of the Road (1958) appeared as slim companion pieces; they pivoted on the same philosophical question, i.e., how to impose values on a neutral universe; and both dwelt on despair as a source of grim comedy. But they were also set in a recognizable version of Maryland's Eastern Shore and populated with conventional characters. The Sot-Weed Factor (1960) changed course. An encyclopedic parody of 18th century English picaresque fiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lost in the Funhouse | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...Harvard fails to substantially strenghthen Afro-Am, Ferguson claims other universities will question the viability of their Afro-Am departments. The department's committee, concentrators and faculty, therefore are "determining the direction of Afro-American Studies in America," he added...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Charting a New Course | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

Tsongas also challenged President Bok last spring to a debate on the question of Harvard's South Africa-related investments. President Bok, however, declined to debate Tsongas...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Sen. Tsongas Decries Policy Toward Africa | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

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