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Word: whether (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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However, Edward S. Powers, associate general counsel for Employee Relations, said yesterday he has "no idea" whether O'Connor would be rehired, regardless of the verdict...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Former University Policeman Will Face Jury's Decision | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

...just gone through a time of wondering whether I should stay on the team," she says. "Somehow having that fellowship just gives me the energy to keep going and try all the time. For some reason it gives a strength or force to just go out and do it," she adds...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: The Team Spirit | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

...argument over abortions really centers on whether we are sure that a fetus is human. There is no totally satisfactory answer to this. But does the burdon of proof rest on pro-lifers at all? To say that abortion is all right until somebody proves the humanity of the unborn is like saying that it is okay to do test bombing in an area, so long as there might not be people there. The area might be desert, it might be a city of 1.5 million people-- how can it be enough to say that abortion might not be violent...

Author: By Lucy OKEEFE -, | Title: Why I Am Against Abortions | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

Actor Heard, who has a gift for portraying troubled and somewhat enigmatic young men, plays Charles lightly, but with an edge of lunacy. The film's statement, that love is madness, seems only partly comic; and it is an open question during most of Head over Heels whether this madness is a desirable condition. Di rector Joan Micklin Silver lets the action and Heard's characterization veer close to the actual, unfunny sort of in sanity. Once or twice before the happy ending, it seems that something gruesome may be in the air. The quark, or question mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rah! Rah! Rah!? | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...like bouncing basketballs, and often workers have to retrace their steps to find where an error has been made. But Cantabrigians love the system. One election commission handout calls it a "much more sophisticated way to choose representatives than the more common methods. It guarantees representation to minorities, whether they are political, ethnic or racial, and prevents voters from wasting their votes on candidates who have more than enough votes to win or who have no chance of winning...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Proportional Representation -- Voting By Number | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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