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Word: silents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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OTHER PROFESSORS ARE MORE silent. For instance, Adam B. Ulam, professor of Government and another registered Democrat, says simply, "I am not voting for McGovern." Asked why, Ulam says the questions are too complicated and grumbles something about foreign policy...

Author: By Peter Shapiro, | Title: Shifting Allegiances in Academia | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...TIME magazine has all too short a memory, American Jewry does not. Six million Jews died in Germany because the world was silent. The battle for the lives of Soviet Jews is best fought in the halls of Congress, not in the labor camps of Siberia -unless one assumes that power politics and humanitarianism do not mix. MRS. HANSSTERNBERG Baton Rouge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1972 | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...women. About 45% of the women (but only 19% of the men) said that they prefer to make love in total darkness. According to the report, the volubility of Frenchmen extends even to lovemaking. The majority of men talk during intercourse, while their partners are more silent-so much so that 64% of the men expressed the wish that the women would speak up more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Never on Monday | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...does not serve the cause of justice." Otherwise, a child might be better off in an old-fashioned public high school. "At least he would not be deceived into believing that his choices were his own," declares Kozol, "and consequently would be able to react with secret rage and silent skepticism to the undisguised mendacity around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Making Freedom Trivial | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

Died. Norman Norell, 72, grand old man of Manhattan's ready-to-wear fashion designers; after a stroke; in Manhattan. The son of an Indiana haberdasher, Norell first gained success as a costume designer for silent movies. In 1941 he teamed with Manufacturer Anthony Traina to produce stylish ready-to-wear fashions on Manhattan's Seventh Avenue, quickly establishing himself as a leading competitor of the Paris couturiers. In 1960 Norell opened his own firm. Simple, almost prim necklines were his trademark, elegantly tailored pantsuits and sequin gowns his specialty. Norell's creations became known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 6, 1972 | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

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