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Word: buttons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dinner companions smiled at the Harvard senior at the table by the door. Then, after each one had taken a free button from a display on the table, the senior asked us to sign a petition "for the union...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Looking Beyond the Union Label | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

...know what you just did?" I asked one of my friends as he fastened a red and white pro-union button to the lapel of his jacket. He told me that he liked the button, and that one name wasn't going to make a difference anyway. He didn't have any idea what he had signed, and he didn't care...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Looking Beyond the Union Label | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

...friends wearing his new button again yesterday. I asked him why he was still wearing it. It's too late now, he said, I've already signed the petition so I might as well wear the button. "It's a really nice button...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Looking Beyond the Union Label | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

...will continue to be for some time to come. Every student should take it upon himself to find out more about the HUCTW, and about the past history of unions at Harvard and other schools. Only with this knowledge should one sign a petition or wear a button promoting either side...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Looking Beyond the Union Label | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

...glut of games flattened the market two years ago, Japan's Nintendo has revived the market with souped-up graphics and sound that have lured players back to their screens. Nintendo's deluxe set ($139) includes a control deck that plugs into a television, two hand-held push- button devices, a ten-inch robot that reacts to commands through photosensors behind its eyes and a light-sensing video gun. As the battle rages, players can fire not only at the screen but at the robot as well. Video addicts are apparently hooked. Nintendo expects to triple its U.S. sales this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Call These Toys? | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

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