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Word: ponderously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Vatican would ponder long and hard before taking these steps against such a major scholar, and Schillebeeckx exuded confidence when the hearing was over. "I do not fear condemnation like Pohier," he said. "There was no difference between us on the Resurrection," though at least one panelist was dissatisfied over his handling of Christ's divinity in the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Not Quite a Heresy Trial | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

...costs a pricey $325, but you can pay that to have a couple of teeth filled and get conversation no better. The cost seems justified for a machine that knows and can teach some 40 book openings, can play itself, do problems, and at its "infinite search" level, can ponder one move for weeks or more. No batteries are needed; Challenger runs on house current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Those Beeping, Thinking Toys | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...even Barbie can't keep up that whirlwind pace indefinitely. This season she has a place of her own, the "dream house" ($115) where she can ponder the more serious questions she faces as an adult. Barbie can cook dinner in her microwave oven, relax in her beauty bath, or read on her single...

Author: By Lizzie Leiman, | Title: Barbie Comes of Age | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...ponder why Carter's new maturity and depth did not arrive until his standing in the national opinion polls fell into the basement and his own warm political body was threatened. In that is an echo of the modern curse of personality politics. But that is less important if through some alchemy of these past weeks Jimmy Carter has joined the presidential club, likes it in there and wants to stay there badly enough to change himself. We all benefit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Change in the Set of the Jaw | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...America is left to ponder their most recent phenomenon. No one--Mick Jagger, FDR, John Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Jimmy Carter, or Lucky Lindy--ever sucked the love and respect out of so many people in one meeting, at first sight, with so few and precious words and movements as John Paul II did in one week...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Going Away Sadly | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

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