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Word: maneuverable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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More serious theorists had a more obvious culprit-Israel. Fearful that Iraq would use the reactor to produce bombs rather than electricity, the Israelis have been protesting the proposed shipment for the past three years. The French had been stung many times before by MOSSAD, Israel's secret service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Atom Thriller | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

Take the gap. White phrase for leave the country, derived from rugby maneuver of breaking past other players. The emigration route, once known as the Chicken Run, is today widely referred to as the Owl Run, because it is now considered more wise than cowardly to take the gap.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Between the Gat and the Gap | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Western aerospace engineers said yesterday that Soyuz 33 was unable to make the difficult approach maneuver and that similar problems in the past resulted in a Soyuz booster malfunction.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviet-Bulgarian Space Team Fails in Mission | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

That is why Brown's fiscal conservatism makes no political sense. Carter is under fire from the urban groups--labor, blacks, and old-fashioned liberals--within his party. Brown has no room to maneuver on Carter's right without becoming a Republican. His inaugural address as Governor, in which he...

Author: By Kerry Konrad, | Title: The Browning of America | 4/3/1979 | See Source »

Later that evening, Dayan called Vance and asked for another meeting. It lasted about an hour, after which Vance told Carter that there suddenly appeared to be some room to maneuver. Encouraged, Carter told Vance to try once again to draft some new ideas. The Secretary and his team worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace: Risks and Rewards | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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