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Word: understands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dollar I understand," he says, "but how do you describe the Smoky Mauve look?" Exactly the way, we hope you'll agree, that Church describes it in a cover story that turned out to be as much fun for him as for Sue Raffety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 11, 1978 | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...together. As a group they attend a twirling camp for a week to perfect their struts and tosses. Following Labor Day they work on their half-time programs after school for two hours each day. "Sometimes my boyfriend wants to go for a Coke and he can't understand that I just have to go twirl," Robin Coburn moans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Twirling to Beat the Band | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

Washington was equally startled. Fukuda was a particular favorite of President Carter, despite the 20-year difference in their ages. Fukuda at least appeared to understand American irritation over the imbalance in trade between the two countries that has been one main cause of the dollar's tribulations. Ohira intends to continue and even increase support for the greenback (see box). But because Ohira, as chief Cabinet secretary to Premier Hayato Ikeda in 1960, was an architect of Japan's spectacularly successful drive to make Japan an exporting juggernaut, Washington is uncertain about how eager he will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Bull Wins | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

Since 1977 the Food and Drug Administration has required that all cosmetics companies list the ingredients of each product on the package. But the consumer does not understand what many of those chemical names mean. Surely most buyers would be hard put to know after the longest head-scratching what might be the purpose of compounds like triethanolamine and imidazolidinyl urea, which are found in many cosmetics. One of them, for example, is Alexandra de Markoff s Countess Isserlyn Creme; it is a high quality makeup, commonly known as a foundation, that costs $25 for a 2-oz. jar. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Of Ceteareth-5 and Water | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...face are differently involved in experiencing happy and unhappy states." Other researchers have reported "small correlations" between emotional illness and a high degree of facial asymmetry. Sackeim is currently studying these results. "Why should people with greater facial asymmetry report more neurotic symptoms?" he asks. "We don't understand the connection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: People Are Really Two-Faced | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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