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Word: checks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...went to a newsstand on the street to check out those infamous tabloids, which somehow managed to put the Dinkins victory on its front page only minutes after the winner was declared. Waiting at the newsstand were two bedraggled and apparently intoxicated men who were Black...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Healing the Wounds of New York | 9/20/1989 | See Source »

...Everybody worked for me. How many people? Good Lord, come on! These people are high-ranking officials. They have to be people who can accept their responsibilities. They must use their discretion. I can't go around and check everybody. They're not children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silent Sam Speaks Up | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...including tip: $100. Why are so many prepared to pay so much for the thrill of eating in their own homes? "People want convenience," says Jack Kellman of Chicago, who last year launched a company called Room Service Delivery. "There's no baby sitter, no parking and no coat check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Dashing Way to Dine | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...investigators, however, did not check out another possibility: that the detonator had been placed inside one of the powder bags before it reached the turret's gun level. Many sailors had access to the bags while they were stored in the turret's powder magazine. Hartwig's angry sister Kathy called the board's findings "obscene and incredible" and threatened to sue the Navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Navy: The Blast Was Intentional | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...Foreign Cultures realm, the word is, "Stay at home." Such staples as "Sources of Indian Civilization," "Shogun" and "Carribean Societies" are not being offered, although Middle Eastern buffs might want to check out Assistant Professor of Government and Social Studies Houchang E. Chehabi's fall class on "Society, Religion, and Politics in Iran...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Of Beers, Bond and Brackets: The New Harvard Curriculum | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

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