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Word: civilizations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House bill provides for a 7.9 percent cost-of-living hike by January. On Jan. 1, 1991, a 25 percent raise would be given--on top of whatever cost-of-living increase is given to rank-and-file civil servants at that time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Votes to Hike Member Pay to $120K | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

Assuming a 3 percent 1991 civil service raise, House members who now make $89,500 likely would see their pay increase to about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Votes to Hike Member Pay to $120K | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...first the play, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, seems a little fragmented, and Thoreau (Josh Frost) ditsy rather than wise. But in the course of the performance, the play takes form. Lawrence and Lee use a series of flashbacks explaining Thoreau's civil disobedience and his getting out of jail, as well as a dream sequence involving the Mexican war. Also, various characters, such as Emerson and Thoreau's mother, appear to say things from the past, as voices from Thoreau's memory...

Author: By Stephen E. Frug, | Title: Jailhouse Talk | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

BOSTON--Gov. Michael S. Dukakis yesterday signed into law the Gay Civil Rights Bill, extending basic civil rights to gay and lesbian citizens and bringing to an end a 17-year-old stuggle in Massachusetts state politics...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Mass. Gay Rights Bill Becomes Law | 11/16/1989 | See Source »

...historic day for Massachusetts," said Gov. Dukakis. "Our state is once again in the forefront of efforts to extend civil rights protection to all," he said...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Mass. Gay Rights Bill Becomes Law | 11/16/1989 | See Source »

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