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Word: telling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...take the required extra steps. In Geneva, Abdel-Meguid carried his plea personally to Arafat when the two dined together on Tuesday night. In Geneva, U.S. Ambassador Vernon Walters was asked by Momammad Said, a Palestinian-American adviser to Arafat, what Arafat must do to satisfy the U.S. "Just tell him to say in public what he said in private," replied Walters. Said passed this along. Andersson resumed his delicate persuasion, meeting twice with Arafat. The Arab moderates -- Egypt, Jordan and Iraq -- also pressed him to try once more to clarify his views...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dance of Many Veils: Shultz and Arafat | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...brim with tears. Workers formed a human chain in the pouring rain to unload the plane's cargo of pain-killers, penicillin, iodine swabs and bandages donated by American companies. They worked by flashlight well into the night. A young man took me aside and whispered, "Be sure to tell everyone in America and Europe how thankful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Journey into Misery | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...came here, he shook a few hands, and then he left. Sure, they have organized a relief commission. But you tell me who is in charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Journey into Misery | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

Muriel Pritchett (Geena Davis), who insinuates herself into Macon's life by becoming Edward's trainer, does wonders for both of them. Doggy learns to heel, master learns to lighten up. Or so we are supposed to believe, though it is very hard to tell the difference between William Hurt sad and William Hurt happy, so monotonous is his performance of a monosyllabic role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dog-Eared Doings THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...looking used," he recalls, "I read them with a very light hand. When I was through, they would close as neatly as though they had never been read. To this day I read the New York Times that way. When I am through, you will not be able to tell that it has been in any way disturbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Protean Penman | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

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