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Word: connectedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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1) Abolished the in-house promotional exam for clerks, one designed by representatives of the clerk's own union. Why? Because some politically well-connected clerks didn't pass it and complained to the School Committee. As a result, 16 were promoted who only passed the general Civil Service Exam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: School Committee | 11/2/1983 | See Source »

In southern Germany another 200,000 protesters were arriving by bus, train, car, bicycle and foot. There too a human chain was formed. This one connected Stuttgart's U.S. Military Command Headquarters with Wiley Barracks in Neu-Ulm some 65 miles away, where peace movement leaders believe that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe: The Weekend That Was | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

Both King and Flynn, 44, were underdogs when the campaign got under way last March. The early front runner, former Radio Personality David Finnegan, as handsome and glib as he was generously financed and politically well connected, looked unbeatable once White was out of the way. Yet Finnegan, 42, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boston Wins by a Landslide | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

A grand jury has indicted 24 people connected with U.S. Oil and Gas, including Gurdon Wolfson, the company's owner and president, and Larry Waxman, its executive director, for fraud and conspiracy. All pleaded not guilty; if convicted, they face possible fines of $10,000 and three years in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reach Out and Bilk Someone | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

Dartmouth split end Jack Daly hauled in 10 catches for 161 yards, giving him 1961 career yards, enough to break Dave Shula's school record Quarterback Frank Polisinello connected with Daly for 44 yards on the key play of the Big Green's 74-yard go-ahead touchdown drive.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Gets No Outside Help | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

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