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Word: bidness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what will undoubtedly be the first of many disavowals, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said last night he has no interest in seeking the White House in 1992. "1992? 1992?," the governor said as his entourage chuckled. Cuomo insisted he will back a Michael S. Dukakis re-election bid four years from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pols, Comics, Writers | 7/19/1988 | See Source »

...called gold rubles, which have up to five times the purchasing power of ordinary rubles. (The Soviet state will get 32%, and Sotheby's the remaining 8%.) Two relative unknowns, Svetlana Kopystiansky and her husband Igor, were stunned as Pop Singer Elton John put in a winning bid of $75,000 by telephone for a tempera landscape by Svetlana and another bid of $75,000 for a portrait in oils by Igor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Beyond The Wildest Expectations | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...crime allegedly occurred in late 1986, when GAF had built up a 10% stake in Union Carbide in a failed takeover bid. Sherwin allegedly persuaded Jeffries & Co., a Los Angeles brokerage, to buy Union Carbide stock to create the impression in the market that the issue was increasing in value. Later, after the price of the stock went up, GAF sold most of its Union Carbide shares for $115 million. GAF has denied any wrongdoing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDICTMENTS: A Little Too Clever? | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...document that was withheld until late inthe trial is a record of the 1981 full facultyvote on Jackson't tenure bid. The first voteshowed support for Jackson by a margin of 47-7. Asecond vote, taken two days later, showed thetally had changed...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Harvard Lawyer Puts Off Meeting To Examine Jackson Case Papers | 7/12/1988 | See Source »

Spanglish takes a variety of forms, from the Southern California Anglos who bid farewell with the utterly silly "hasta la bye-bye" to the Cuban-American drivers in Miami who parquean their carros. Some Spanglish sentences are mostly Spanish, with a quick detour for an English word or two. A Latino friend may cut short a conversation by glancing at his watch and excusing himself with the explanation that he must "ir al supermarket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language: Spanglish Spoken Here | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

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