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Word: coun (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first and most danceable cut, starts Clinton's assault. A metallic beat carves its way through a dense vocal arrangement as singers trade licks on the subject of spies and sperms. By the end, there are two clear meanings to a wailing momma's screams: "Who. Is. For my coun-try? Who. Is. For me?" Love and patriotism, yoked together via the healing power of funk, have been bizarrely fused. At least, that's my guess...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Vinyl in Boston | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

...give up their arms and join the fragile democracy. Before taking over from interim President Alvaro Magaña last week, he announced that he would reappoint General Eugenic Vides Casanova as Defense Minister, but only on condition that he cleanse the armed forces of their links with the coun try's death squads. A week earlier, Vides Casanova had removed Colonel Nicolas Carranza from his post as head of the Treasury Police. Duarte's most sweeping decision so far is to split up the command of the regular army and the country's three security forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Starting a New Chapter | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...gold-plated plumb ing caper." The elaborate fixtures had been picked out by MacArthur Principal Solomon Barnes, 36, although a salesman at the plumbing-supply house claims he had tried to get him to buy cheaper items. Johnny Jones, 46, superintendent of schools for the 225,000-pupil Dade Coun ty system, fifth largest in the nation, approved the purchase as a "special needs" requisition, which took it out of normal channels of review. On the records, the material was listed as "basketball uni forms and equipment." Principal Barnes maintained that he had been planning to start a plumb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Royal Flush | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

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