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Word: ask (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Three people stop by the classroom-turned-office. Staffers eagerly ask if they need an escort. But they don't--they are merely dropping by to see if a friend of theirs, a Saturday night regular, is working...

Author: By Liza M. Velazquez, | Title: Walking to Take Back the Night | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...some eight feet high, so kids tossed their books and balls over the top. After signing, the players threw the objects back over the fence, in one of Viola's favorite spring rituals. "I was a shy kid," remembers the Long Island native, "so I had my mom ask for Rick Barry's autograph at a Nets game once. He refused. So I take as much time as I can signing autographs. The kids take it as a challenge. I'm easy to get, but some guys are tough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida Spring's Old Sweet Song | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...tell you who. Foreign ambassadors, all kinds of consuls general, visitors, press people and so on. Even some of our own political leaders are saying it. I know our Arab people. If you ask me whether they can see real determination on the Jewish side, that all of us are united in our determination to stand fast, the answer is no. They see confusion. That gives them the wrong impression that sooner or later Israel will withdraw. It also encourages them to think that if they put on more pressure, it will happen sooner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with Israel's ARIEL SHARON: Never! Never! Never! | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...former NSC aide, who admitted, "You could never be sure whether what ((North)) said was true, fantasy, or was being told deliberately to mislead." And North's ability to win over an audience will face its roughest test this week, when prosecutor John Keker gets his turn to ask the questions. "North makes an excellent witness," said Richard Ben-Veniste, a former Watergate prosecutor. "The question is the cross-examination, which will provide by far the greatest dramatic element of the trial. The trial may well hinge on the cross- examination of Ollie North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pawn Among Giants | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

Times change. Sports language changes. But 30 years from now, someone will read this, look at the column head (Varelitas) and ask...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Raising Rhubarb in the Year 1959 | 4/15/1989 | See Source »

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