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Word: count (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would suggest to Mr. Orenstein that I do not truly have a "counting problem," unless such a problem be found in the fact that when I look at my constituents, I count them as equal human beings. Whether they be Black or white, male or female, final club members or not, matters little to me when seeking to represent their views on the council floor. And even though Mr. Orenstein seemingly does not wish for me to do so, I will continually seek to represent all students as equal members of this community. If my failure to prejudge, discriminate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Council | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

Meanwhile the competition has been reaching dizzying new speeds. In Sunday's race, 27 skaters broke Heiden's old record. After Jansen, the best U.S. hope for a medal had been Sprinter Nick Thometz. But following months of battling a low blood-platelet count and a recent bout of the flu, he finished eighth in the 500 and 18th in the 1,000. That race went to the Soviet Union's Nikolai Guliaev in 1:13.03. The silver went to East Germany's Jens-Uwe Mey, already winner of the 500 with a 36.45 record. Finally on Saturday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: The Fall and Rise of Dan Jansen | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...infant on the suburban doorstep of Jake Briggs (Kevin Bacon). His wife Kristy (Elizabeth McGovern), goaded on by her folks and his, makes him work embarrassingly hard at producing an offspring -- all to help her fulfill her motherly instincts (Jake has a not too hilarious problem with his sperm count). But having been, at best, an ambivalent bridegroom (goodbye novel writing, hello advertising; goodbye sex as sport, hello sex as duty, with Chain Gang for scoring), he has an underdeveloped feeling for fatherhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wedlock Blues SHE'S HAVING A BABY | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...example, the state of Indiana argued that if the census count were adjusted in a more accurate fashion, such as according to Rubin's methods, it would have received an additional seat in the House of Representatives and Florida would have lost a space...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Working Towards a Sensible Census | 2/19/1988 | See Source »

Lower percentage assumes presence of 2 million undocumented aliens in the estimated population; upper percentage assumes presence of 4 million undocumented aliens. The census population used in calculating the total population rates is the actual count, including an estimated 2 million undocumented aliens that were counted...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Working Towards a Sensible Census | 2/19/1988 | See Source »

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