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Word: unlikelyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Not quite nothing. Burly Christian Democratic Leader Helmut Kohl, who opposed Schmidt in last October's election, has proved to be an ineffectual performer in the Bundestag, unsure of his tactics, unable to exploit the government's mistakes and weaknesses. Kohl must also cope with the open contempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Facing a Helmut Problem | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

More people are literally tending their own gardens. Vacant lots and small backyards are sprouting with tomatoes, radishes and zucchini?even in unlikely places like Boston and New York City, where local gangs like the Renegades of East Harlem and the Savage Homicides of Brooklyn are growing vegetables. Pressure cookers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes Summer: A COMFORTABLE SEASON | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

In an age of impersonal, high-fee specialization, Bishop would seem to be an anachronism, as unlikely a character as TV's kindly Marcus Welby. In fact, he is only one of a growing new breed of doctors: the family practitioner. The first trained and accredited F.P.s, as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Friendly New Family Doctors | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

ONE REASON Cole Porter's musicals have remained so popular through the years is that none of his lyrics are predictable, and most of his situations provide some surprises. I Do, I Do by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, is unlikely to have the same success, largely because its authors...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Hackneyed Lives and Loves | 7/1/1977 | See Source »

The next question, of course, is whether or not two really superb actors could carry it off. It seems unlikely. Angel is occasionally rather shrill, and Dash is frequently stiff, but the fault seems to lie more with the book and direction than with the actors. Both of them have...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Hackneyed Lives and Loves | 7/1/1977 | See Source »

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