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Word: 55th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lauren oversees his empire and its 1,000 employees in a ten-floor warren of offices that occupy a narrow, prewar building on Manhattan's West 55th Street, about 15 blocks north of the hectic garment district. The decor of Lauren's headquarters suggests the backstage of a theater: cramped and slightly eccentric, with forest green walls and a bowl of M&M's on a table in the reception room. Lauren's personal office contains some of his favorite props: a wood-burning fireplace, a fleet of toy racing cars, family photographs and piles of fabric swatches. He often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...greatest athlete ounce for ounce in the history of sport rode in and out with courage and cunning last week to grasp his fourth Kentucky Derby in his 24th try and his 55th year. Churchill Downs politely applauded the long shot Ferdinand but wildly cheered his passenger, and maybe for the first time in 112 years roses seemed inadequate. Nearly 30 springs after misjudging the finish line on Gallant Man and losing by a nostril to Iron Liege, Willie Shoemaker won the Derby again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fresh Roses for Shoe | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...celebrated his 55th birthday last week, Gorbachev seemed pleased with the results of the party congress. "Nothing remained outside the sphere of critical analysis," he said. "This, comrades, is in the best traditions of our party and of Bolshevism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Back to Work, Comrades | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

Those were among the impressions of about 230 alumni ranging from fifth to 55th reunion classes who participated in "Return to Harvard Day" yesterday...

Author: By Carol M. Losos, | Title: Alums Attend Pre-Reunion | 4/11/1985 | See Source »

...leaving the court in 1937. The present high bench is "the first ever to have a majority of its members 76 or over," calculates Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe. Even the younger Justices have reached the outer edges of middle age. The youngest, Sandra Day O'Connor, celebrated her 55th birthday last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: An Illness Ties Up the Justices | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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