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Word: spottedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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A hush suddenly falls on a small crowd of students gathered outside the Geological Lecture Hall. The students, who are waiting for the lecture hall to open so that they can take their places for Gov. 20, "Introduction to Comparative Government," have spotted their professor, Karl W. Deutsch, walking toward...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: The Best Political Scientist in the World Goes on Half-Time, Still an Optimist | 5/23/1979 | See Source »

Tran Thanh Khiem, who is only six, was one of the first off the plane in Des Moines. He was very much alone, temporarily separated from his parents on the plane, and missing his name tag. The air was a brisk 45° F with gusty winds, but his lip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Yearning to Breathe Free | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

The greatest fears center on the herds of caribou, whose annual migrations across the arctic wastes began long before the first Siberians touched North America. Biologist David R. Klein of the Alaska Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit has already spotted trouble in a herd of some 6,000 caribou that has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Two Throughways to the Arctic | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Lafleur had been the impetus behind Montreal's late comeback from a 3-1 deficit as the third period began. At 6:10 he circled the Boston cage, then spotted Mark Napier streaking netward and gave him a perfect set-up. Two minutes after that, Lafleur repeated the trick as...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Lambert's Overtime Goal Puts Montreal in Finals | 5/11/1979 | See Source »

Three night watchmen who patrol the cluttered yards of an industrial plant in the French Riviera town of La Seyne-sur-Mer were about to begin their 3 a.m. rounds when they heard five dull thuds from one of three unmarked rectangular hangars on the factory grounds. Rushing to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Atom Thriller | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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