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Word: connectedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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The possible revival of Black September was chilling news. P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat may or may not be directly involved; for that matter, it has never been established to what degree he was connected to the Black September organization in the past. Experts on terrorism believe that the leader of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: Black September in August? | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

ONLY TWO ILLUSTRATIONS appear in the 1980-81 edition of the handbook. The first is truly fascinating, showing the curious exactly where on one's auto one should paste both one's Commonwealth of Massachusetts non-resident student registration ("top center of windshield") and faculty, staff or student parking permit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bad Book | 8/14/1981 | See Source »

Fleet Street had the scene almost as well staked out. The Sun stationed 40 reporters with walkie-talkies all along the route, and the Daily Mail had 25. The only crime story remotely connected with the wedding broke on the day itself. It came out that ten days earlier, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHY EVER NOT?: The Royal Wedding | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

In the U.S. last year, hospitals reported 3,669 cases related to Ts and Blues, compared with 12,785 for heroin. But in some cities-particularly New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Albany and St. Louis - the new "rig" is more prevalent than heroin. Says Lieut. Lawrence Forberg of the Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cheap New Killer | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

With such huge profits at stake, the Colombian connection works with savage efficiency. Once landed in the U.S., the drug is distributed largely by grim professionals, many of them expatriated Cubans. The Colombians and Cubans are known as the "cocaine cowboys" for their willingness to kill in order to protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cocaine: Middle Class High | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

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