Word: california
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know there are more victims, more cars. But we don't know how many," said California Highway Patrol Capt. Mike Garver...
...fewer Yuppies with dogs and baby strollers. One professional carrying a perfectly appropriate bottle of California white zinfandel said to her colleague of a newly made acquaintance, "I didn't give him a card, though. What a faux...
Reading through Reagan's speeches, from "The California Years" to "Farewell Address to the Nation," you have to wade through a lot of bullshit. But hidden beneath the hyperbole and right-wing paranoia is an important message for liberals. Although Reagan really is clueless and mendacious, he levels some criticisms at contemporary liberalism that liberals are foolish to ignore...
...also a propitious time for scientists to reveal discoveries that may win future Nobels. Last week, even as this year's Nobel winners were reacting to their awards, two teams of physicists made just such a landmark announcement. In rival statements -- one from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in California, the other from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva -- scientists disclosed findings they say establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that the universe contains precisely three fundamental types, or families, of matter. No more, no less...
...influx of Hispanics, mostly from Mexico, is concentrated in California (which has 34%), Texas (21%), New York (10%) and Florida (8%). Besides holding a potentially pivotal vote in close elections in those states, Hispanics are disproportionately young and thus constitute a large share of students in many school systems. At this rate, Hispanics could overtake blacks (30 million) as the largest U.S. minority...