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Word: whether (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Saul L. Chafin, the chief of University police, said yesterday the police are investigating whether the incident is related to a number of other complaints about stolen property in Weld...

Author: By Steven Waldman, | Title: Custodian Charged With Weld Thefts | 7/6/1979 | See Source »

...most seemed satisfied that they had. As the cameras continued to roll and dusk approached, the last groups went over the main gate. They had debated for two hours whether doing so might prove an unnecessary provocation because of the earlier incident. Almost all of the final 100 went limp and had to be dragged off are carried away on strechers. The crush of onlookers artificially heightened the tension, as policemen occasionally knocked down ladders or pushed protesters. But by then, people were more tired and wet than angry...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Welcome to Shoreham | 7/3/1979 | See Source »

Asked at her arraignment bearing how far she thought the protests would go, whether she thought they would remain non-violent, a middle-aged woman who had just joined the movement said," I don't know, but I'll do whatever it takes to stop that plant from opening...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Welcome to Shoreham | 7/3/1979 | See Source »

...underscored a brutal fact of life: would-be mothers exposed to drugs during pregnancy can endanger the health of their offspring. Indeed, doctors have long assumed that the mother alone is responsible for chemically induced birth defects. The father was considered blameless. At worst, a male's lifestyle-whether he took drugs, for example, or smoked or drank-might affect his own health but not that of his child. Now some doctors are beginning to suspect that dad's habits may be as damaging to the unborn child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fatherly Risk | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...Very interesting, to exaggerate wildly," as one of Newman's wisecracks goes. Worth a smile, at any rate, as Philpott-Grimes, the overeducated and under-muscled pugilist, puns his way to a title shot. It is unclear, and unimportant, whether Newman actually knows anything about boxing. He does know a lot about journalism, and some of his best gibes are about television and the press, including one notable satire of a team of excessively cheery newscasters. This is only to be expected from a veteran NBC correspondent who has spent a large part of his life on-camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

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