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Word: nervously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film except for Pacino--who has enough energy to handle eight cases, watch his partner go insane and take a fellow lawyer to bed. There are no sane judges, no rational lawyers, and no "proper" verdicts. There are, however, rapes--both heterosexual and homosexual--pornographic pillars, political corruption and nervous breakdowns. Yes, the innocent and contrite are abused and the evil go free. Only Pacino's performance saves And Justice for All from what must be the worst script Hollywood has ever produced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Hollywood for the Holidays | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Fear and uncertainty shook the money markets as petrobrinkmanship spread further than ever into the nervous realm of high finance. While Iranian officials openly delighted in the chaos they were creating, the acting Finance and Foreign Minister threatened to renege on his government's debts to foreign banks and other creditors the world over. Renouncing previous pledges of payment, Abol Hassan Banisadr declared: "We will not pay back these debts. How can we repay loans that former plunderers received from their foreign accomplices and put back into the accomplices' banks?" He put the debts at "$15 billion, possibly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Spread off Petrobrinkmanship | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Williams, a field hockey native who never saw an ice hockey game from between the twines until two weeks ago, played an outstanding first game. "I was a little nervous at first," she said after the game, "but after that there were a lot of shots--so I had no time to be nervous." Right wing Vicki may have helped calm Williams' nerves as she capitalized on a missed Terrier slapshot, flying down the ice and scooting the puck into the net early in the second period...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: B.U. Outskates Icewomen, 5-3; Late Crimson Surge Fails | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

...This wasn't representative of what they can do. They all looked nervous. We weren't parrying," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIT Skewers Swordswomen; Crimson Veterans Upset, 11-5 | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...whites who live on the White Earth reservation in northwestern Minnesota are increasingly apprehensive about their Indian neighbors. Says Jane Reish, co-owner of the Jolly Fisherman Resort: "We're not just a little bit nervous, we're scared to death. We seem to be caught in a time warp. All this talk about the Treaty of 1867. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Chippewas Want Their Rights | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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