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Word: spiriting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spell out a specific program, but in his new combative Camp David mood, he promised that it would be tough. "I will ask for restraint and for some sacrifice from all. I will ask you to consider what I will have to say with open minds and in a spirit of cooperation and patriotic concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter's Swift Revival | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...trust. Though there were some disagreements later, neither Sadat nor Begin came off the summit declaring that Carter had misled them, tried to mislead them or even, in innocence, misguided them. When Carter went to one of the visitors with the other one's proposal, the words and the spirit of the message were well transmitted. And at last, all that memo reading and all those briefings, which have bogged Carter down in other efforts, paid off. He did not have to call for his experts when the dealings got complicated. No aides had to be inserted between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter's Swift Revival | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...does the device threaten U.S. security? The answer, NSA replied in the spirit of catch-22, is classified. The inventors have invested $30,000 in their project and received nothing in return. Complains Raike: "We feel that the Government has illegally seized our property...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Bureaucratic Scramble | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...oldest profession. But in such matters the New World is less tolerant and straightforward than the Old. Although prostitution is officially a crime, the U.S. supports an estimated half-million hookers, while trying to put them out of business with an incredible hodgepodge of laws. Both in letter and spirit the laws entangle the states in ambiguous moral and constitutional questions, often with confusing results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Unhappy over Hookers | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...sense, of course, LIFE never died. Since 1972, Time Inc. has published ten LIFE Special Reports on such themes as "The Spirit of Israel," "Remarkable American Women" and "The Year in Pictures." With a minimum of promotion, those issues sold between 500,000 and 1 million copies at cover prices of up to $2, a feat that has kept hopes of a revival flickering among LIFE'S many mourners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Return of Life | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

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