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Word: redeeming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fire and spirit we redeem you, O Bassam!" shouted the jubilant townspeople of Nablus. Under a shower of rose petals, Bassam Shaka'a, 48, freed from prison and reinstated as mayor of the largest town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was hoisted on the shoulders of his Palestinian supporters and carried past garlands of flowers and olive branches into the town hall to greet his family. Smiling broadly, the mayor thanked his constituents for the hero's welcome. "I owe you my freedom, and from now on I am yours," he told them. "Victory to the fedayeen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: A Triumph for Common Sense | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...trivia, Eisenhower estimates. He recalls his brother's being constantly interrupted by a tap on the Oval Office door followed by an invasion of the alfalfa growers or some such organization. Roosevelt once told Milton Eisenhower: "In this job you have a hundred responsibilities each day. You can redeem only four or five of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The Last of the Eisenhowers | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...call such writers psychologizers and sociologizers," he said. "Nineteenth-century writers were more modest--they didn't think their works would redeem humanity," he added...

Author: By Robert J. Campbell, | Title: Singer Says Writers Today Stress Theme, Lack Suspense | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...lone hope is that Harvard will redeem the weekend with a win. Bob Blackman, a longtime Dartmouth coach, now in his second year with Cornell, should be made to repent for staying so long in Hanover's fraternity land. And Joe Restic could use a break. (Oh, sorry Joe. I didn't mean a break in a quarterback...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Long Day's Journey Into Ithaca: Meeting the Big Red Machine | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

...they established long, long ago, are simply playing true to form. As ever was, their hitting is marvelous: with a team average of .290, they lead the majors. But September is coming, the cruel month when the Sox usually falter. As the pennant race quickens, and Boston struggles to redeem past failures by overtaking the Baltimore Orioles, the team's batting is extraordinary, even by its high standards, and for two good reasons: a pair of slugging outfielders named Fred Lynn and Jim Rice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Princes for the Throne | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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