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Word: blasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...glowing like one big Chernobyl, and the 305 hands aboard the U.S.S. Nathan James, a destroyer that has survived the holocaust, find themselves alone in the vasty deep. But wait. Lurking beneath the waves is a Soviet nuclear submarine that has also escaped harm. Will the two vessels 1) blast each other with their remaining missiles, 2) join forces to begin civilization anew or 3) spend 600- odd pages stalking each other while they try to decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Seapersons the Last Ship | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...Crimson had numerous chances to put the game away in the third period, including a Char Joslin blast that clanged off the crossbar in the dying seconds of a Harvard power play. The squad, however, managed to break through when junior Julia Trotman snagged a rebound and directed it past Coyne with only 3:29 left in the period...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Dartmouth Takes Icewomen, 3-2 | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

Moments later, junior Julia Trotman tipped a Nina Simonds point blast past Bowdoin goaltender Erin Miller. Joslin then added a shorthanded goal while Co-Captain Julie Sasner was in the penalty box for tripping...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Icewomen Beat Bowdoin, 9-0 | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

Barely five minutes after the mishap that felled D'Souza, Joslin completed her second hat trick in the last three games with a blast by backup goaltender Suzanne walker--who had come in at the beginning of the third period--after which Sasner and Neilson mercifully finished off the scoring...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Icewomen Beat Bowdoin, 9-0 | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

...becoming auto mechanics or secretaries," says Mark Williams, who investigates trade-school abuses for New York State. Reputable organizations like New York's Technical Career Institutes have successfully trained a large number of dropouts. Says California's superintendent of public instruction, William Honig: "It would be a mistake to blast the whole industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Taking Aim at Trade Schools | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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