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Word: bigs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Big government is clearly here to stay, whether we like it or not," said Bok. "There are simply a great many problems in society that can only be addressed directly with government help...

Author: By Robert J. Weiner, | Title: Bok, Horner Address Seniors at Baccalaureate | 6/7/1989 | See Source »

...Liman said control of the army would become increasingly crucial. "The big question is the loyalty of an army that is called the People's Army," Liman said...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: '54 Alums Chat About News | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

...big bastion of mediocre evil," Kaplan added, smiling sweetly...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Lampy Mag May Outsell Hotcakes | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

Last year, as part of a student, prounion delegation, I met with Bok in his office in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade him to end the administration's anti-union campaign. We knew we were meeting with one of the Big Boys of the Corporate World, so we tried to be polite and respectable. I removed my earring and even wore a jacket and tie. We sat up straight, avoided rhetoric, and kept our feet off the coffee table...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: The Essence of Derek Bok | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

Liberal Democrat Thomas S. Foley, 60, has managed to win 13 elections to the House of Representatives from a mostly conservative Republican farming district around Spokane in eastern Washington. A big (6 ft. 4 in., 225 lbs.), gregarious Irishman, Foley can regale a gaggle of beer guzzlers with a slightly off-color tale, then quote Rousseau, Burke and Hobbes in a symposium of scholars at the Library of Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting For Opportunity to Knock | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

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