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Word: stillness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still not known how the elections were run, nor who the winners are, nor how much influence they will have, a State Department source said, adding that the local congresses are of questionable power...

Author: By Nellie Henderson, | Title: Chinese Vote Engineered, Experts Say | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

Although local councils have some authority, the political system in China is still organized "from top to bottom," Hofheinz said...

Author: By Nellie Henderson, | Title: Chinese Vote Engineered, Experts Say | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

...Radcliffe alumna may be one of two women still held hostage by Iranian students in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Radcliffe Alumna May Be Held Hostage By Students at U.S. Embassy in Iran | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

...taking all the characters at face value, their face values lack complexity and beauty of character. Henry James is missing. Still, there are some things the film captures in their ripe fulness. Where the frontality of the characters makes us want a wise mediator, the simple scenes of a New England autumn in rain and in shine, the bubbliness of rambunctious young love, the sound of crickets at night and of a cello playing "Tis the Gift to be Simple" seduce us into forgetting for a moment the key-fumbling criticisms and to trust without sorrow that everything is just...

Author: By Sarah G. Boxer, | Title: The Missing James | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

...then took on the flagship school of the tough western Pennsylvania mine country, Penn Hills High; score: Moeller 30, Penn Hills 13. The Crusaders' final regular season game against Mount Healthy was typical. Despite a driving rain that turned the field into a swamp, the flashy Moeller offense still operated in high gear, rolling up five touchdowns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Moeller High's Holy Rollers | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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