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Word: dimmer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protracted race in which a clear front-runner may never emerge. Only one thing is clear, the road to the Democratic. Party convention in San Francisco is tile with pot holes and the party is riding on shocks that are already worn Prospects for victory in November get dimmer with every bump along the trail...

Author: By David Keir, | Title: The Long March | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...workers, represented by Local 26 of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union, took a dimmer view of the action...

Author: By Adam H. Gorfain, | Title: Restaurant Workers to Resume Talks Today in Wage Dispute | 11/3/1983 | See Source »

Hope grows dimmer for unifying Lebanon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: A House Divided | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

Yale and Brown both sport six losses, but each has an outside shot at the league crown. The Elis' split with Cornell yesterday virtually eliminates them from the championship picture, and Brown's playoff hopes are slightly dimmer...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Untangling the Skein | 5/12/1983 | See Source »

...unforgiving as this year's outlook is, the prospect of a prosperous selling season was even dimmer 49 years ago, when Sears, Roebuck & Co. published its first Christmas catalogue. In that Depression year, unemployment was almost 25%, and the Sears "wish" book carried the blue eagle of the National Recovery Administration on its cover. The dollar as we know it today was worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Mickey Wore Gloves | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

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