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Word: 80s (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...trends that will shape the country's economic future for decades to come. An aging and increasingly retired population will drive consumption patterns and shrink the workforce. Some 20 years from now, how will the country remain productive? Who will take care of the boomers when they reach their 80s? As hard as it may be for Japan, a country proud of its traditions and its homogenous society, immigration must be increased to keep the economy vital and growing. By making such tough but farsighted policy changes today, Japan will give itself a chance to avoid another lost decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop the Rot | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...doing theater off-off-Broadway and I was doing film. Yes it's porn, but it still goes into theaters. They still had acting back then. They had big scripts. There were no videos back then, no DVDs, no Internet. I came at a time they called the Golden '80s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ron Jeremy: My Life as a Porn Star | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

...guess is that Atlanta probably bought a bunch of signs back in the late 70s, early 80s and maybe weren't aware of the change," Hecox says. Logical as that might seem, there are likely other gender-specific signs still being used that are not subject to the regulations, because the manual regulates signage on public roadways and the right of way areas on both sides of the road but does not regulate signs used in private construction. Then again, private construction companies and contractors do purchase their signs from some of the same businesses as the FHWA division offices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No "Men Working" Please | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

This year the Chinese women have staked their claim to a sport that has long been the stomping ground of the U.S., Brazil and Australia. With its cheap beer, goading deejay, bikini-clad cheerleaders and 80s pop hits cranked between points, the Chaoyang Park stadium seems more Manhattan Beach than Middle Kingdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chinese Volleyball: Game On | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...Match Point, and two that deserve to have the veil of anonymity drawn over them, so I won't mention their titles. That Allen keeps making films is seen by many as an act of will, almost defiance, by a man whose genius evaporated some time in the late '80s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woody Allen's Barcelona Summer of Love | 8/15/2008 | See Source »

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