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Word: adds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...white schools flourished, eventually moving into handsome quarters upon 53 acres in Farmville, the county's commercial center. The public schools struggled along in a state of mediocrity, trying to repair the damage. Vanessa Venable remembers a 13-year-old girl standing at a blackboard. She was asked to add 34 and 26. She began to weep uncontrollably. She did not even know how to write a number. So she and Mrs. Venable stood at the blackboard for long minutes, crying hopelessly together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prince Edward and the Past | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

However, lawmakers who currently add to their incomes with honoraria for speeches would have to give that up. Current rules allow House members to pocket honoraria totaling up to 30 percent of their salaries, while senators can keep 40 percent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Votes to Hike Member Pay to $120K | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...Hard Times" is a traditional blues song from 1961, and while Clapton's vocals and arrangement may be a little too close to Ray Charles' original version, the guitar licks that Clapton inserts add texture and counterpoint to the song. Overall, "Hard Times" comes across as beautifully relaxed and soulful, and contrasts nicely with a swing version of "Hound Dog," which follows...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Sticks to Your Shoes | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

When the Crimson faces off against Yale in New Haven tonight, it will no longer be simply "NCAA champion." Add a "defending" to that title...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: The NCAA Banner Rests Here | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

This does not add to the story at all; it had already been stated that Wigglesworth Hall is easy to break into All this can possibly do is encourage "copycat crimes," where people see which other entryways and rooms will open with a credit card. Lawrence S. Carson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Aids Thieves | 11/9/1989 | See Source »

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