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Word: quit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President's foreign policies, said that he must resign. Howard K Smith, ABC-TV'S highly independent commentator, declared that the tapes revelation "deepens suspicion inevitably that there has been a cover-up all along and it is still going on." Nixon, he said, must quit or be impeached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: The Mystery of the Missing Tapes | 11/12/1973 | See Source »

...much like the U.S.'s supplying Israel through West German ports but it did nothing to stop the flow so long as the fighting was going on. Once the cease-fire was announced, however, Chancellor Willy Brandt's West German government politely asked the U.S. to quit using its ports. Finally, embarrassed by a reporter's inquiry about an Israeli ship that was loading arms at Bremerhaven, West German Foreign Ministry State Secretary Paul Frank told U.S. Minister Frank Cash that the U.S. could no longer use German ports in the resupply effort. In a breach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Rift Among Friends, Reflection About Foes | 11/12/1973 | See Source »

...miraculously liberate the students from "the totality of the school system's degradation". Myself, I believe that often it's the teachers who need to be liberated from the degradation of some of the trouble-making students, who are kept in school only because they are too young to quit and go to work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TEACHER'S INTEREST | 11/6/1973 | See Source »

...having much fun. They examined some 20 industries for prospects and chose juvenile equipment because of its lack of innovation. Then they persuaded an engineer friend, Jim Sloan, to design a product, and the Umbroller rolled out. Brown and Goodwin raised $120,000 from their bank accounts and relatives, quit their jobs and founded Cross River Products Inc., with headquarters in their living rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Baby Steps to Success | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

...Shaw's job, letting him run the AEC's research program, but establishing a new division to handle the vital issue of reactor safety. Shaw argued that safety was an integral part of design. But Ray insisted: "Duplication in this case can do nothing but good." Shaw quit. As for Ramey, Ray simply did not back his reappointment to the commission when his term expired in June. These acts outraged some members of the Joint Committee when Ray presented them as fails accomplis. But other committeemen were pleased by her independence. "Dixy Lee does what she believes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Changes in Dixyland | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

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