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Word: unlikelyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The premise is as wrong as the solution is unlikely. The councilors are not divided on anything except the issues, on which they represent their constituents. They laugh, they dance, they eat, they even talk together, sometimes until 2 a.m. at council meetings. But all the jovialty and talking does...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Style of Things to Come | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

Still, there is an amber light flashing caution in the industry. Even with the substantial customer demand and profit margins that average from 8% to 10%, automakers fear that some of these high-strung dream cars may be speeding down the road to extinction. They will hardly be done in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Exotic Steals at $40,000 | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

Arens thinks many of these reports are similar to tales of witches. Often the explorer or traveler simply misinterprets the unfamiliar tribal language. Plagiarism, and the marketability of savage tales from the wilds have also helped establish the existence of cannibalism, says Arens. One example: 16th century accounts of cannibalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Do People Really Eat People? | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

This is also the story of an apartment in Bangkok, and tourists lured there by a pleasant Frenchman, a beacon of polite familiarity in an unfamiliar continent. Thompson describes how one by one, couples and lone tourists fell prey to the magic of Sobhraj. Sobhraj's powers are almost impossible...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: A Snake in the Asian Grass | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

Only councilor Walter Sullivan opposed the measure. However, a similar motion was withdrawn from the council last summer when it appeared unlikely to pass, Betsy Dunn, state chair of the National Organization of Women (NOW), said yesterday.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council Votes to Back ERA Boycott | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

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