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Word: unlikelyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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He is out to catch a tornado. To be exact, Moore is a storm chaser, and when he catches up with a tornado, it is not uncommon for him to bring it back alive on film. Thereafter scientists at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla., can study it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Oklahoma: Chasing Twisters | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

>Airlines already flying DC-10s will not be deterred from buying more. Reason: switching to alternative models would cause a costly lack of common parts, service and training. Yet the DC-10's troubles could cause new buyers to steer away from the plane and thus delay its break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Perils of a Planemaker | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

Surprisingly, in view of the oft repeated objections of college presidents and boards of overseers that U.S. divestment is unlikely to affect racism in South Africa, the tally of divested dollars has been slowly mounting. A few boards of trustees have voted full divestiture. Among them, according to the Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Keeping Score | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

Jack Kent Cooke signed checks worth $5 million to underwrite the first Ali-Frazier fight in 1971. He spent upwards of $10 million for 86% of the stock of the Washington Redskins. He bought the Los Angeles Lakers ($5.2 million in 1965) and in 1967 started a National Hockey League...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Casino | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

Such a historically retrograde energy step is unlikely, partly because some river flows are too weak and environmental opposition is too strong. The objections center mainly on fears that the dams would either silt up rivers or require large reservoirs that destroy land. But with the promise of inexhaustible free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Energy: Fuels off the Future | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

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