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Word: bentely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sandinista offensive appeared hell-bent on crippling the contras. With U.S. funding for the rebels cut off since the end of February and peace talks between the contras and the Sandinistas scheduled to resume on March 21, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra saw his chance to wound his opponents badly before they got to the negotiating table. For weeks the U.S. had been monitoring a Sandinista buildup in the Bocay Valley in northern Nicaragua. But when the attacks began on March 10, they were even larger than expected. The Nicaraguan strategy was to destroy the contra bases along the Coco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Restrained Show of Force | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

Loraine: Ay Dios mio, Brian Bingham! You bent over and got it on your jeans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Jersey: Day Care with a Lot of Caring | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...terms prerequisite is beyond me. If some of the houses are undercrowded, it would be best to let transfer students move into them. That's what happened for David; he transferred from a crowded house to one with space. My concern is how the rules can be bent for some people and not others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Transferring Troubles | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

Typically, Nykanen shows superb sail but flawed form. On takeoff his arms may flail, and in landing he often misses the perfect telemark position: back straight and knees bent, with one leg considerably in front of the other. But these faults stem from his unique method of reading and reacting to the wind, sacrificing grace for distance. The antistyle may also owe something to Nykanen's fierce personality and determination to do everything his own way. At any rate, it does not seem to cost him style points. Judges are apparently willing to overlook his less than perfect form, presumably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Alert: Nukes Away! | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Last year's show, Bye, Bye Verdi, anticipated real-life news by about 12 months. It pitted Holly R. Thanthou, a fiery, flock-bilking television evangelist against assorted others bent on exposing his less-than-upstanding life, or at least that's what people who saw it say. It was, according to those people, not a crowd-pleaser...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Medicine Ball | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

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