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Word: acquirees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bloated work forces are weighing down even potentially profitable enterprises. When the Jinbei minivan plant wanted to acquire land including a brickyard to expand its factory in the late '80s, it had to take on the brickworks' 2,000 employees as well. Nonetheless, five cities in the northeast dismissed or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSIDE CHINA | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

Do not mistake knowledge for learning. Real learning comes from being out of things, from taking the information you acquire and carting it off to a state of reverie. "We must learn to imagine what we know"--that was Shelley's advice.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPEECH FOR A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

He is a student of the crypto-eccentric school of modern acting, or, as he says, "I sometimes use broad strokes." He is being modest; at times his brush could paint Hollywood Boulevard in one swath. Known for his fierce preparation for a role, he lived in a car while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: CAGED HEAT | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

"It's very flexible," says Bapat of Brown's policy that allows students to acquire credit at late-night campus restaurants for missed meals.

Author: By Lisa N. Brennan-jobs, | Title: Eat Your Heart Out | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

A culture raised in immigration, through the piling of arrival upon arrival in an adopted land, cannot escape feelings of alienness. A faith in redemptive newness is what makes up for the whisper of unease at the loss of origins. Both are present in the growth of American art and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN VISIONS | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

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