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Word: choses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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More concretely, that Monday The Crimson chose to devote three full pages to the hockey team. That's more coverage than any news story has received in the past four years. And there...

Author: By Charlest T. Kurzman, | Title: Pointing the 'Big Finger' | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...Though Alston chose to move from the playing field to the dugout, several other major leaguers have retired to the broadcasting booth. Five points if you can name the announcer below who socked the most home runs in his major league career, and one additional point for naming the team with which each announcer started...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: 1986 Sports Cube Baseball Trivia Quiz | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...divorced Yalie who tried the Harvard romance system agrees, saying he chose to advertise in the publication because of its ivory tower audience. "I thought the readers would be appropriate in terms of their educational level, and that was congenial...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Harvard Magazine Personals: Finding Love in the Veritas | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...Washington's antipathy was the result rather than the cause of this pro-Soviet stance. Even as the U.S. was still supplying aid to Nicaragua during the year after its revolution, the Sandinistas chose to develop powerful party, military and internal-security organs that mirror those of the Soviet system. The nine-man directorate of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (F.S.L.N.) is fashioned after the twelve-member Soviet Politburo. The comandantes make decisions communally, keep their inner maneuverings secret and issue unchallengeable edicts. The Sandinista People's Army seems a miniature replica of the Soviet armed forces, relying exclusively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sidetracked Revolution | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Democratic leaders concede that the White House will be able next time to salvage at least some aid for the contras. The critical questions: How much? What kind? With what strings attached? Reagan originally chose to demand all or nothing, but many Congressmen are searching for a middle ground. Unwilling to cut off the contras altogether, yet eager to explore diplomatic avenues as well, they want to approach the Sandinistas with a mixture of carrot and stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Tug of War | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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