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Word: western (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have not taken up arms for some obscure reason, but to defend our freedom and existence in our country, at a time when the Western powers do not object to our destruction if it will keep the Arabs happy and the oil flowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 8, 1979 | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...John Paul, the tour was an opportunity to encourage American Catholics to tackle the social and religious problems that he considers most disturbing in Western society. Predicted a Vatican official on the eve of the trip: "The Pope is a born leader, and he will offer the American people the leadership for which they hunger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: John Paul's Triumphant Tour | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...unions of the CIO, producing a national labor movement with the muscle to back up its demands. Yet he remained more practical than ideological, a champion of "the American way of life"-thrift, sobriety, patriotism and perseverance. Meany remained an unrepentant hawk; he had battled Communist labor unions in Western Europe after World War II, and he supported the Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Giant Retires | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...hands out about $50,000 a year--now taken from the Faculty's unrestricted income--to teachers who need money to introduce unorthodox teaching materials or class activities. John Bohstedt, former assistant professor of history, took his class on on industrial history on a trip to industrial museums in western Massachusetts on such a grant...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: $20 Million Will 'Reshape' Education | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

Newcomers to the top ten list are Natural Sciences 3, "Introduction to Chemistry", Music 1, "A Survey of Western Music" and Government 30, "Introduction to American Government...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Social Analysis 10 Tops 1000; Largest Harvard Class Ever | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

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