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Word: wrongs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last few years, as white South Africa tries hard to give its drooping image a facelift. But enough remains to remind you that apartheid exists, that it is not a figment of some fevered radical's exaggeration, that beneath Pretoria's familiar exterior there is something very wrong indeed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Life in South Africa: An Outsider Goes Inside | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

Boston lawyers Harry Wilson and Laurie Rosenberg spoke briefly, encouraging continued political activism. "We've got to let everybody know that we think what's going on is wrong, "Wilson said...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Protesters Demonstrate Against Burger | 11/17/1978 | See Source »

Myth one: Big is better. In Time's view, efficiency and productivity are the highest economic values, and big farms are the best way to achieve them. There's just one catch--they're dead wrong...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Down on the Farmer | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

...think that it is wrong for people in the U.S. to debate the issue of corporate withdrawal on its merits, as perceived by us, when the legitimate democratic forces in South Africa have made it clear that they want our corporations to leave their country? Is this anti-democratic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Investment in South Africa: Donald Woods Speaks Out | 11/15/1978 | See Source »

Although Rowse has long been a part of the British literary establishment, he has never felt comfortable with it. For one thing, the members operate in the wrong era. "This filthy 20th century," complains the self-made elitist. "I hate its guts." What better place for a man who loathes welfare statism than the century of the other Elizabeth? After decades of living in its atmosphere, Rowse tends to treat the Bard as an intimate. Others may puzzle over the identity of the Dark Lady of the Sonnets; Rowse is sure that she is Emilia Bassano Lanier, the half-Venetian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Bard for a New Generation | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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