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Word: corner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the White House fosters the violation of our laws, when a TV minister makes a mockery of the teachings of Christ, I do not see how our President can then refer to the Soviet Union as a godless nation. What corner of hell is being reserved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Rules Of Conduct | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...construction, jobs, incomes. Gwinnett County's population has almost quadrupled, from 72,300 in 1970 to 250,000 today; since 1984 it has been the fastest-growing county in the nation. Oakland County, near Detroit, has got 40% of all jobs created in Michigan since the 1982 recession. Tysons Corner, an unincorporated area of Fairfax County 13 miles from Washington, was once a sleepy crossroads with little more than a gas station; today it contains more office space than either Baltimore or downtown Miami. The Corporate Woods office complex in Overland Park, Kans., boasts 275 businesses and 5,000 jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Megacounties: The Boom Towns | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...Harvard the Adams House resident has acted in, produced or been involved with a play almost every semester. From Amen Corner freshman year, to The Wiz to The Tempest to For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, the English concentrator has found that acting is her greatest joy. "there are a lot of things that are fun to do, but there are very few things that I enjoy that make me so happy. I could...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: ...And It Pays Badly, Too | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

Realizing the books were valuable, Cuilla said she was surprised the books had been left to gather dust in a dark corner of Baker. "It wasn't like they were outdated or anything," she said, adding that they still could have been useful tools for ethicists to examine...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Trying to Mix Ethics and Big Bucks | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

...Sunday morning, the bakers work in ankle-deep drifts of cornmeal, wielding wooden peel sticks to retrieve loaves six at a time from the back corners of the ovens. The crew is polyglot and pan-ethnic. Yolanda, a Puerto Rican, says she is a "born-again Italian." When Carlos, who is tending the 260 loaves in the brick oven, is asked where he comes from, he looks blank. Johnnie-Mo, a bona fide Italian American who grew up around the corner, comes over to translate. He puts his face close, concentrates, then shouts, "Town! In Peru! Newark, Elizabeth, Kearny! Your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Jersey: Bread That Casts a Spell | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

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