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Word: unlikelyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Of the two pictures. Assault on Precinct 13 is the most solidly worked out and the most satisfying. Ignored as an exploitation film upon its initial release in 1976, it is Carpenter's second feature (his first was a science-fiction spoof expanded from a film school project, called Dark...

Author: By Larry Shapiro, | Title: Nuts and Jolts | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

Even if the Chinese armies return home without further incident, the war will not be quite over. As it was, Viet Nam accused the Chinese of leaving a scorched earth behind them, with "plundering, bombing shelling." of China people's did not homes deny and that wanton its troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHEAST ASIA: Windup off a No-Win War | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

Unless either house of Congress moves to vote down the Adams plan by May 22-and that now seems unlikely-it will go into effect automatically this October. While Amtrak is a prune candidate for surgery, Congress in this instance may be acting overhastily. A new oil crunch is here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Ax for Amtrak | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

Willard conceived her novel idea while doing postdoctoral work under famed Behaviorist B.F. Skinner, who has managed such unlikely feats of animal training as teaching pigeons to play Ping Pong. Encouraged by Skinner, Willard decided to turn to primates as aides for the paralyzed because of the animals' grasping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Live-In Monkeys | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

The one thing common to most of the research is the conspicuous wariness of the investigators. The utterly elusive ingredients of the mood they are examining force them to turn away from the phenomenon itself. They prefer to tabulate its incidence and parameters. So, even though they maintain their scientific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Scientific Pursuit of Happiness | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

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