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Word: boxes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bulletproof vest he was wearing. The slug was traced to the gun of Sergeant Edward O'Grady, one of the two policemen killed in Nyack. "Very strong evidence," said Rockland County District Attorney Kenneth Gribetz. Burns was believed to be a member of the Black Liberation Army (see box). His possible involvement gave investigators their first inkling that the Weather Underground had not acted alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heading for the Last Roundup | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...hint to the people-and the party-that he is in command, but it's no more than that." Jaruzelski is also thought to have another motive for using the army: the hope that some of the good will the Polish people feel toward their military (see box) will rub off on his government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Wrestling for Position | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

Sure enough, the first package of dirt, weighing 10 Ibs., was found the same day near the Porton Down laboratories, and analysis showed that it contained Bacillus anthracis. Although the box that showed up at Blackpool did not contain anthrax spores, officials said the soil was similar to that on Gruinard Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biological Warfare: Dark Harvest | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...figure. It is a long dietary path from Russell's bulk to the mod-media anoretic, the British model Twiggy, who helped popularize miniskirts in the late 1960s. The fashionable trend toward slender frames on females continues. Currently, three of the ten nonfiction bestsellers deal with diet (see box), and they have dominated the list for months. "No woman is ever too sum or too rich," Mrs. William ("Babe") Paley once quipped. This is the first American generation that has little hope of bettering its parents' earning power, but with what may be a compensatory vengeance, younger citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Shapes Up: One, two, ugh, groan, splash: get lean, get taut, think gorgeous | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...hasn't yet-but last week the Post looked a little bare-bottomed as it made a front-page apology to the Carters, who then dropped plans to sue. The Post admitted publishing what "we later find to be untrue." How did it get itself into such a box...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: Going Eyeball to Eyeball - and Blinking | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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