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Word: clays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attested by his straight set, 45-minute routing by Yannick Noah last week on his favorite surface, clay. Borg's return to top-flight tennis will require both time and match play against his real competitors (Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, and Jimmy connors), and not against satellite stars whom he would meet in qualifying rounds...

Author: By Steven M. Arkow, | Title: Borg's Day In Court | 4/15/1982 | See Source »

Some 2,500 construction workers are rushing to cover the fairground's red clay with sod, lay the roads and put the finishing touches on structures like the enormous Chinese-Egyptian-Peruvian pavilion before opening day. Most Knoxvillians are steeling themselves for a six-month influx of 11 million tourists. But for all that, the fair, named the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, will be modest by international standards. Montreal's Expo '67, for example, was ten times as costly, and included twice as many foreign participants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barn Burner in a Backwater | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

...state suffered because of first having to take care of those three districts artificially," complains G.O.P. Congressman Edward J. Derwinski, who was shifted into the district of a fellow Republican. In Missouri, a three-judge federal panel redrew the map to save the seat of Democrat William Clay, a black whose St. Louis district has lost 25% of its population since 1970. In preserving Clay's seat, the judges combined two southeast Missouri districts-and pitted two Republican incumbents against one another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Zigzag Art of Politics | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

...students get to make up their own schedules and can come into the lab which is open 24 hours a day. Clay Squire '80, Williams' administrative assistant and "executive officer," said Squire did research for Williams for two years after he had been "just looking for a job." His work led to an interest in the whole field. Squire, who is in charge of hiring, the budget; and helping the training of students, is also doing his own independent research. Under his command are volunteers and work-study students, as well as students enrolled in research courses or tutorials...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Giant Among Bugs | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

Giugiaro applies the same basic principles to all types of products. He creates paper, clay or metal prototypes, and is prepared to furnish layouts of the product's assembly line, drawings for the necessary tools and estimates of production costs down to the last lira, mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Creation, Italian-Style | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

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