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Word: transferring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Freshman standouts Cynthia Stanton and Courtney Stimpson hold down the number two and three spots, respectively. Player-manager Nell Foreman, a junior transfer from Smith, follows in the fourth position...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Racquetwomen Mean Busines; Face Tufts in Today's Opener | 12/1/1978 | See Source »

...mysteries of the movie business is Hollywood's predilection for filming hopelessly stagebound Broadway hits. Some plays transfer easily to the screen, but those built around theatrical gimmicks invariably drop dead. Same Time, Next Year, like last year's Equus, never stood a chance as a movie: it is a one-joke, one-set, two-character sitcom that should be allowed to retire in peace to the nation's dinner theaters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two-Timers | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

According to the FBI, that was only a day after Rifkin had dropped by the bank headquarters in Los Angeles and descended in an unmarked elevator to Operations Unit One on level D. There he talked his way into the wire transfer room, where he learned the secret code numbers?which are changed daily as a precaution?for transferring money between the bank and others, both in the U.S. and abroad. That done, he sauntered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Ultimate Heist | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Later in the day he phoned the wire transfer room and used the fictional name Mike Hansen, saying he was with the bank's international division. Rifkin rattled off several security codes. Next, he ordered $10.2 million transferred into an account at the Irving Trust Company of New York. Because Security Pacific makes about 1,500 transfers a day, totaling up to $4 billion, the order went through without a hitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Ultimate Heist | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...resuming service to China, which it suspended in the early '40s. For the past year, the airline has been running a heavily booked six-day China tour (total cost: about $1,145 double occupancy), but it has had to fly its customers to Tokyo or Hong Kong for transfer to Chinese planes or ground transportation. That may not always be necessary. Earlier this year, Pan Am gave up its routes to both Moscow and Taiwan. Though the company denies it, those moves look as if they might have been aimed at helping Pan Am fly directly to some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Intercontinental Checks into China | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

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