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Word: suggestibility (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Syrians, who months ago shifted from support of the Moslems in Lebanon to active intervention on the side of the Christians. The new deal is basically limited to the Palestinian guerrilla issue. It may not last; it may not lead to any broader agreement. But it does suggest at least a possibility for a peaceful settlement of the entire Middle East struggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Israel Secretly Joins the War in Lebanon | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

...burden of the attacks on Nader is that he is something of a tyrant to work for, a lousy administrator, overly secretive and paranoid about his enemies. Some critics suggest, without conclusive evidence, that he lives less ascetically than he claims and that his organizations are wealthier than is indicated by their pitches for funds. Occasionally Nader is also portrayed as a wild-eyed Savonarola intent on forcing his own puritanical concept of the public good on a subservient nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRUSADERS: Nibbling at the Nader Myth | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...Complaints. The figures suggest that if every water heater in the G.M.P. customer area were ripple-controlled, the utility could reduce its peak power load by 10%. Moreover, in the nine months since G.M.P. installed ripple control, not a single customer has complained. Indeed, since the water in the heaters stays hot for about four hours, and the heaters are rarely shut off for more than three hours at a time, ripple-controlled customers evidently have all the hot water they need available at any time. "Goodness," said Emma Breen as she took her signs down, "I've been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Flattening the Peaks | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...singing of Flagstad and Melchior should earn the album an honored place in any record collection. Sheer voice was their badge; yet what made them extraordinary was the uncanny way they could suggest a passion that was at once human and mythical. In particular, Flagstad's ability to float her tenderer notes was almost supernatural-and hard to forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Voices from the Past | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...last month. Two days later, a seismic jolt damaged more than a hundred homes on the Izu Peninsula 80 miles south of Tokyo. Scientists said the close sequence of quakes was probably coincidental, though they admit the rash of recent earthquakes in the Far East is disturbing and may suggest that some seismic process that is not yet fully understood may be taking place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: The Fates Are Angry | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

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