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Word: 83rd (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fight for you, no matter what the odds. If you're the enemy, it's do or die." Young punks with real guns playing capture the flag for keeps. Hagan is a member of the Eight-Tray Gangster Crips, a pack of predators named after their turf along 83rd Street. They identify themselves with hand signals and mark their territory with hieroglyphic graffiti that translate into a simple warning: TRESPASSERS MAY BE SHOT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life And Death With the Gangs | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...Muhammad Ben Ammar in 1962, the Tunisian press called it a "love match." Over the years, the pair had frequent clashes, after which she would depart the presidential palace for extended sulks abroad. One such absence was expected to end early this month on the occasion of Bourguiba's 83rd birthday, but Wassila, now 74, failed to turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tunisia: Bourguibas Go Splitsville | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...Miami's Little Havana, the event was treated as a holiday. A thanksgiving Mass was held in Coconut Grove, and scores of jubilant Cuban Americans phoned radio stations to express their approval. On the 83rd anniversary of Cuba's independence, Radio Marti, a U.S.-sponsored anti-Castro radio service, kicked off its inaugural broadcast at 1180 on the AM dial with a short salutation, "Buenos dias, Cuba," followed by a gentle folk song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Air Raid | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

Another Harvard men's basketball season has ended exactly like all the seasons that went before. For the 83rd year, no Ivy League title. Once again. Harvard in the middle of the pack...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Out of the Shadows | 3/14/1985 | See Source »

When a bench-clearing brawl broke out with 21 seconds left in Harvard 52-45 loss to Princeton, it spelled the dismal end to any realistic championship hopes. Harvard will not win the Ivy crown for the 83rd straight year...

Author: By Bob Chnha, | Title: Class Conflicts | 2/26/1985 | See Source »

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