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Word: bayes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said that on the East Coast, it would be the equivalent of oil washing up on beaches from Boston south to the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and possibly to the Potomac River...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exxon's Clean Up Efforts Called `Reluctant' | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

Linares, a burly landscaper, held doctors, nurses and police at bay with the pistol while he unplugged his son's ventilator. Sobbing, he cradled Samuel in his arms for 40 minutes, even after a monitor that remained attached to the baby showed that his heart had stopped beating. Linares then turned over his weapon and surrendered. As the handcuffed father was led into a police station, Linares said, "I did it because I loved my son." He was charged with first-degree murder and has been ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric examination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illinois: Murder or Mercy? | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

Clemmons' cemetery humor keeps grief and the black dog at bay. His wife Phoebe died in a traffic accident and left him with three children to raise. Margy is a full-figured twelve-year-old with well-developed defenses against rutting boys. Younger Ruthann has a scholarly bent but is a bit too pliable when it comes to romantic advances and the overtures of Fundamentalist religion. There is a baby brother and, eventually, a stepmother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beasty Boys | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...Edward Surette Jr., executive director of the Bay State Gasoline Retailers Association in Billerica, Mass., said his group surveyed dealers yesterday but found that it was too early to assess the impact of the boycott...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nationwide Boycott Day Targets Exxon | 5/3/1989 | See Source »

...late 1960s at the Naval Undersea Center in Point Mugu, Calif., and then in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, dolphins were trained for duty in the Viet Nam War. In particular, the animals learned to attack objects with barbed darts. The plan was to have dolphins help protect Cam Ranh Bay by sticking darts into enemy divers who approached. Each dart was attached to a spool of tough thread and a float. When surface patrols spotted the float, they could reel in the hooked diver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nature: These Guards Just Love Fish | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

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