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Word: wrongs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...perform well in the up phases of cycles, and poorly in the down or recharging phases. But the most vulnerable day, known as the critical, zero or switch-point day, comes in the midpoint of each cycle, when a person is changing phases. Things are very likely to go wrong on a "double critical" day, when two cycles are at midpoint. A "triple critical," which practitioners say occurs about once a year, holds terror for all believers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Those Biorythms and Blues | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...important engagement, and Gil Brandt, vice president of the Super Bowl-champion Dallas Cowboys, is also convinced that biorhythm "has a lot of validity." There are a growing number of adherents on N.F.L. teams. Minnesota Vikings Player Jim Marshall was intrigued when someone pointed out that his classic wrong-way run for a touchdown in 1964 came on a triple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Those Biorythms and Blues | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...encounters a man who she thinks is selling poisonously nonorganic food to her fellow citizens. Serres, convinced that a friend is being driven to suicide by a brother-in-law's financial misdealings, sets out to beat some sense into the miscreant. Naturally he sets upon the wrong man. But no matter. His friend pulls back from self-destruction, but later goes ahead and kills himself anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Disconnections | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

What has gone wrong? A major hand-.cap is the strength of the German mark, which gained 25% in value against the dollar during the past two years. That makes German goods dearer on the world market and cuts into corporate profits. The steel industry has been hurt by Japanese competitors, and the textile industry finds itself priced out of many traditional overseas markets. One consequence: capital investment is drying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Growing Gap Between Allies | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...learned about the United States Attorney named Marston. This is one of hundreds of United States Attorneys in the country and I was not familiar with the case until it became highly publicized. . . I've not discussed the case with the Attorney General and asked him specifically what was wrong with Marston...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: ". . . And Nothing but the Truth"? | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

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