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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remember this classic exchange, which jackhammered rivets into coffin: after discussing the reforms of the 1800's, I mentioned that the women's and anti-slavery groups felt similar needs. The Executioner's eyes lit up like an electric chair "Can you think of a specific instance when the two were linked?" I shrugged helplessly. The Inquisitor interrupted, asking her, "Now, was the connection actually made at Seneca Falls?" She replied something like, "Well, not in the platform, but in the speeches made outside." She then turned to me an asked to name the women who had made this link...

Author: By David M. Handelman, | Title: Capital Punishment | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...stockbroker in a lowerkeyed office, and now devotes more time to hobbies. "Lining a coffin with gold," he says, "doesn't do the body any good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stress: Can We Cope? | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

Another nail was driven into the coffin of the Confederacy last week when the University of Mississippi announced it will no longer fly the Confederate flag at official university functions...

Author: By Robert M. Nefr, | Title: Down in Dixie | 5/4/1983 | See Source »

Other opponents of nuclear power regarded the ruling as a potent new weapon. "The decision is another nail in the coffin of nuclear power," declared Michael Paparian, a lobbyist for the Sierra Club, an environmental organization. "The ruling," said Jerry Brown, who was Governor of California when the moratorium was passed, "further strengthens the power of the states to regulate their own economic destiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Circuit | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Riding a tailwind in perfect rowing conditions, the Tigers surprised everyone but themselves by stroking past the Crimson varsity in the last 500 meters for a half-boatlength victory, hammering one final nail into the Harvard dynasty's coffin...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Princeton Upsets Heavies; Lightweights Blast Navy | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

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