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Word: destroyers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to the witness, John Gaeta, Indelicato, the former top education aide of Governor Michael S. Dukakis, gave him $500 to destroy records documenting the illegal operation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revere Man Links Indelicato To Plot to Defraud the State | 1/8/1988 | See Source »

...tale about the perils of unbridled hedonism. But the prose was so alluring that few noticed the message. Wilde ignored it too. Involved in a love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, third son of the ninth Marquess of Queensberry, he actively succumbed to a course of conduct that would destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Celebrant of Mixed Motives OSCAR WILDE | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

...morning of Black Monday, Oct. 19, when financial markets everywhere suddenly seemed to disintegrate, Lynch was playing golf on a windswept course in Killarney, Ireland. He tried to concentrate on keeping his shots straight, but his mind kept veering back to the gathering Wall Street storm that threatened to destroy everything he had worked to achieve over the past decade. By the time Black Monday was over and Lynch realized the full magnitude of what had happened, he knew his Irish vacation would have to be cut short. By 6 a.m. the next morning Lynch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up, Up, then Doooown | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

...spoke, his hurt and anger became visible. "What is this need to destroy me?" he asked. For all his detachment, Hart remains vulnerable. He is determined not to speak about his personal life, but the subject is never far from his mind. He wants his reputation back. "Let's talk about character," he said. "I'm not an immoral man. I can't believe that even press people think I'm an immoral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'M Not a Fool | 12/28/1987 | See Source »

...leave our land," said Shahla al Aklik, a Palestinian woman whose son was killed in the West Bank last week. "Even if we lose all our sons, the struggle will continue." That resolve has survived two decades of Israeli occupation, and neither bullets nor tear gas seems likely to destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Days of Rage in the Territories | 12/28/1987 | See Source »

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