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Word: standing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contorted positions for days on end. "My first day in jail my right hand was chained to my left leg, and I was left that way for days," Hieu says. Other escaped prisoners have told similar tales of being confined in cells without room to sit or stand, or sitting with their toes or fingers tied to each other...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Tales From the 'Vietnamese Gulag' | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

...been shy about using Harvard's considerable influence in these areas. Its actions give the lie to Bok's rhetoric in Friday's letter about the role of a university. By equivocating, delaying, and finally coming out against any change in Harvard's investment policies, Bok has taken a stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Artful Dodger | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

...Sadat himself might. As one Egyptian official put it, "Khalil would not rise and fall like the snake under the spell of Begin's music." If that music led to an actual treaty, of course, Sadat could hardly resist flying in to sign it -and Khalil would cheerfully stand on the sidelines and watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Man Begin Won't See | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...could be argued that Williams landed in the right role in the right time slot (8 p.m., when children control the nation's sets). But Williams is not so much lucky as talented. In his stand-up nightclub act, which he does for free, to keep in touch with live audiences and to try out new material, he displays a range that encompasses Jonathan Winters, Danny Kaye, Steve Martin and Daffy Duck. Though always wearing the same costume-baggy pants, loud shirts, suspenders-he whips in and out of a multitude of comic characterizations. He can mimic the cadences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Manic of Ork: Robin Williams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...print the top ten shows every week, I kind of chuckle. Right next to the list is [Critic] John O'Connor asking why can't we be more like the BBC and public television. I chuckle because I think it's very hypocritical. If they honestly stand by their television critic and want better shows, why are they on the very same page printing a list of the top ten? The problem is that we have to get back to the way the business used to be. The moment we start getting back, everybody is going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Talking Heads: A Triptych of Network Chiefs on Thrust, Appeal, Consensus, Risks, Holes, Fun, Meaning and . . . | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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