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Word: talking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have called the shots straight down the line. I am a farmer in the 300-to-400-acre bracket, and it is not enough anymore to work by the sweat of one's brow. The hard work now is pushing a pencil and a pocket calculator. Those who talk about our tractors with air conditioning and radios should know that we who still must drive a tractor must also plan and keep up with the changing markets on our radios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 27, 1978 | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...board of taxation." Says Rae Anne Caponi, Sabato's sister: 'Tm so glad to be back. But I'm worried about college credit courses and advanced placement tests." In Rae Anne's first psychology class, the teacher asked if anyone wanted to talk about the strike. One boy blurted, "I feel screwed." The problem of making up the lost work calls for the sort of student-teacher cooperation that money cannot buy and contracts cannot ratify...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Long Island: The Lost Season | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...that when we think of memorable speeches, we think of Kennedy's talk as President-elect to the Massachusetts legislature, and the challenge to the nation to be people of "courage, judgment, integrity and dedication"; his Inaugural Address; his Berlin exhortation, "Ich bin ein Berliner"! There was a resonance with our aspirations in those speeches, but there also was a heady reach for excellence of language and of thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Recalling the Kennedys | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...dressed in tail coats go about their duties. The Shah's private office is in a small, cheerfully wallpapered room on the second floor, where the telephone rings almost constantly. Because of the crisis, the Shah is not giving on-the-record interviews, but he did agree to talk with Cairo Correspondent Dean Brelis and TIME'S Parviz Raein. Brelis' assessment of the Shah's thinking and mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Shah Is Not Giving Up | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...madness gradually, Hopkins manages to vary the histrionics and constantly radiates an appealing boyishness, even after Corky has just slit someone's jugular. Hopkins' performance nearly salvages the movie, even though he is strongly hampered by the efforts of a bad dialect coach, who must think that Catskills residents talk like third-rate Brando imitators. Actually, Hopkins' accent is the most unpredictable aspect of Magic...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Edgar Bergen Is Still Dead | 11/22/1978 | See Source »

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