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Word: beneath (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nervous because the cars were going much faster than the posted speed limit, but I couldn't know the horror that was about to befall me. The first hint came as a huge garbage truck, with workers hanging off of all sides, arms flailing, came roaring from beneath the underpass. I couldn't tell, it all happened so fast, but it seemed that they swerved toward me on purpose...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Brain Strains and Automobiles | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

...whether I have ever had training or not. I've racked up three kills in just a few short weeks, along with 14 hospitalizations, two of which are in intensive care. I've discovered that a Shuttle can get up to 57 m.p.h on the curve which goes beneath the underpass before it starts to flip over. I've caused approximately $27,500 worth of damage, all of which is paid for by Harvard, since the University cannot afford to fire any of us right...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Brain Strains and Automobiles | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

More than a century after the Civil War, the rebel battle flag still waves -- beneath the Stars and Stripes -- at Alabama's state capitol in Montgomery. For black Alabamans, however, that bit of pre-emancipation nostalgia is not an endearing sight. Last week, Representative Thomas Reed led 13 other black legislators in an attempt to scale the capitol dome and strike the rebel colors. Before a crowd of 2,000, some shouting "Nigger go home!," state troopers arrested the group for trespass. Later, the Alabama house, voting 67 to 17 along racial lines, defeated a measure to remove the flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Symbols: Capture The Flag | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...what passes for subtlety, the two Olympic mascots, male and female bears, are named Howdy and Hidy. Get it? First settled in 1875 by a band of men on horseback representing the North- West Mounted Police, Calgary today looks nearly brand new. Credit that to oil, which lies beneath the surrounding prairie in vast pools and has made a passel of folks as rich as the Ewings from Dallas. Of the 1,000 or so petroleum companies registered in Canada, 800 hang their Stetsons in Calgary. Block after block of antiseptic-looking office towers have popped out of the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: Calgary Stirs Up A Warm Welcome | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...this the result of a hidden conspiracy formulated by white members of the Admissions Committee. who fear an Asian dominated college? I don't think One only needs to look beneath the veneer of statistics to see that the Admissions process, like the applicants it deals with, is more than just a matter of black and white...

Author: By William Pao, | Title: Process Puts Emphasis on Individuals, Not Groups | 2/11/1988 | See Source »

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