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Word: continental (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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It (Independence Day) ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Party of the Century | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

Jennifer Lobo. By all rights, Lobo should be a microbiologist. "I fell in love with the field in high school," she says, after reading The Double Helix by Nobel Laureate James Watson. Lobo majored in microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley, and took advanced courses in bacteriology and immunology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's an Addictive Life | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

Citizens who are able to set out on the road to see their country are also at liberty to remain home and have their country, indeed much of the world, transmitted to them by television. There is much to admire in this remarkable invention and more than a little cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Another Look At Democracy in America | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

This summer America's theme parks expect their best season ever. Gas prices are stable in the U.S.; the dollar buys less abroad. The dark cloud radiating from Chernobyl is discouraging some tourists: "We postponed a trip to Scandinavia on account of the nuclear fallout," says Jack Arlitt, 66, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Disney Theme Parks | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

For all the millions of dollars in relief assistance, Africa remains a continent near disaster. Besieged by natural calamities, civil wars, foreign debt of $175 billion and an explosive population growth that threatens to increase the continent's inhabitants from the present OAU count of more than 400 million to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa How Do You Spell Relief? | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

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