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Word: aproposed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lugar, buttoned-down and a bit bland, is a capable organization man who may be the second choice of Senate Republicans. If Dole might be too assertive as majority leader, the low-key Lugar could be too deferential. Elected to the Senate in 1976, he is a relative newcomer. It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Wrangle in the Senate | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

WHAT MAKES PEOPLE fire on children and completely unarmed men without provocation? Why don't we hear about Black cops accidentally shooting children who "make a quick movement" or reach into their pockets "suspiciously"? A passage from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man may be apropos:

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: Violence in the Streets | 1/11/1983 | See Source »

Flood II also seeps through Squid & Spider (Prentice-Hall; $10.95). Guy Billout imagines the passenger list for a new ark: 800,000 insects; 8,580 birds; 6,000 reptiles. On the way, he renders the fauna with his dazzling high-tech style. The text brims with trivia guaranteed to hypnotize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Short Shelf of Tall Tales | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

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