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Word: hourse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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The secret to success in this complicated political game is organization. A voter has to be highly motivated to leave his home, brave the inevitable snowstorm and then spend hours wrangling with his neighbors. While nearly 30% of a party's registered voters turn out for primaries in other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: And Now It Begins--Sort Of | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

Relations between the two nations could hardly have been worse. A mob of fanatical Muslims had attacked the U.S. embassy in Islamabad last November; by the time the siege was lifted, seven hours later, two Americans were dead. The U.S., meanwhile, had consistently obstructed Pakistani efforts to build a uranium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Props for a Tottering Domino | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

After the Vatican acted against Kung last month, 2,000 demonstrators rallied in Lucerne, Switzerland, waving such banners as: AFTER THE VATICAN COUNCIL - THE ICE AGE. In Rottenburg, West Germany, within 48 hours, 4,000 people signed a petition from an ad hoc protest committee. Last week worshipers emerged from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Kung Unrepentant | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

These guys stand at a stop light where the trucks pass, and when one stops they step up to the driver's side and shove a piece in his ear and tell him to get down on the floor unless he wants his brains blown out. The driver, not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Big Steal | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

CTW President Joan Ganz Cooney explains that her team wants "to build an appetite for science, not force feed it." Elementary-school teachers, responding to CTW's announcement of the show, have requested 100,000 copies of a free classroom guide. Though the show will generally be aired after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Teaching the Scientific ABCs | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

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