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Word: bulks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tenant rights activist David Sullivan finished second to Walter Sullivan for the second time in a row, collecting 2466 votes including the bulk of ballots cast by Harvard students...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp and William E. Mckibben, S | Title: Council Balance Unchanged; W. Sullivan Wins Most Votes | 11/5/1981 | See Source »

...FLRA ruled that PATCO "willfully and intentionally" violated federal laws by striking three months ago and, as a result, "is no longer a labor organization." It was the first time that a union representing federal employees has been decreed out of existence, though the precedent is clouded: the bulk of the union's members who struck have already been severed for violating the no-strike oath in their employment contracts. Said Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis: "The ruling reaffirms a basic principle of our democracy, that no person or organization is above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying the Emptier Skies | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

Nowhere have fresh starts and new attempts to achieve fitness been more evident than in the nation's supermarket basket and at the dinner table. Presbyterian Minister Sylvester Graham started the bulk wagon rolling in the 19th century with his famous cracker. Later Post and Kellogg began cleaning digestive systems with flakes of bran and corn in their Battlecreek, Mich., sanatoriums. With cheerful innocence, Americans have periodically embarked on reordering themselves, as well as the country and the world. The current obsession with the body can partly be seen as a diminished expression of the old or of unquenchable...

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

...turn of the century, fashionable women were so eager to resemble Singer-Actress Lillian Russell that many gained weight in strategic spots to imitate the actress's superhourglass 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...

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

...actuality, Aloian intends to guide Quincy for only a few plays Thursday, leaving the bulk of responsibility to starting quarterback Terry Wilson. Nevertheless, his participation is an unprecedented event in House football history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 52-Year-Old Master of Quincy House Intent on Playing Intramural Football | 10/28/1981 | See Source »

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