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Word: discontentment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nevertheless, Dukakis can still capture the farm vote, but he must do more than run on discontent with Reagan's policies. He must offer a definitive plan to revive the faltering farm economy.

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Cultivating the Farm Vote | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

The extraordinary purge reflected the discontent that has seethed within the lower echelons of the armed forces since the 1986 ouster of dictator Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier. Two weeks ago, the unrest exploded when noncommissioned officers toppled Lieut. General Henri Namphy as Haiti's leader and installed Lieut. General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Siege of The Sergeants | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

In addition to possible community discontent with the guest rules, Silber's dream of a sex-free campus late at night may be damaged by the reluctance of resident assistants (RA's) to enforce the rules. RA's are usually undergraduates, and they are supposed to enforce college policy in...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Silber's Parietals | 9/24/1988 | See Source »

Downstate, the campaign is an uncertain face-off between Bush's stress on social issues and Dukakis' appeal to economic discontent. Illinois Democratic Director Stephen Murphy asserts that industrial cities such as Decatur, Rockford and Peoria "are the holes in the Swiss cheese. Those cities never recovered from the 1982...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battling Over The Big Three | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

For five days last week, violence engulfed much of Burma, a country peopled by devout Buddhists averse to bloodletting, in a spontaneous eruption of discontent that rocked a despised government to its foundations. Then, just as the surge of clashes ebbed slightly -- as if both sides were catching their breath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma Under Bloody Siege | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

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