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Word: discoverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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What happened, particularly for the 14,000 who attended the Houston meeting, was an end to the psychological isolation that had constrained their activities and ambitions. They learned that many other middle-of-the-road, American-as-Mom's-apple-pie women shared with them a sense of second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: 1977: What Next for U.S. Women: Houston & The National Women's Conf. | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

What can a punk kid, a has-been general and a comedy team of robots do against the dark, illimitable powers of the Galactic Empire? A universe of plenty-as audiences can discover beginning this week in Star Wars, a grand and glorious film that is the best movie of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema 1977: Star Wars | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

Rushing to work last week, John Doe, American, swung his car onto the freeway-only to discover that the posted speed limit had been reduced from 60 m.p.h. to 50 m.p.h. When he stopped at a gas station for a refill, he learned that overnight the price had gone up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WORLD 1973: Black October Old Enemies At War Again: Yom Kippur War | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

Wilson favors crime crackdowns over programs designed to alleviate unemployment, poverty and other commonly-presumed sources of crime. He cites study after study showing that various ex-offenders receiving federal aid often return to crime anyway. "The real relationship between crime and unemployment (or poverty) is probably complex, not simple...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: Debunking Deterrence | 10/4/1983 | See Source »

The physically fit have an undeniable appeal to each other. Says Writer Rocco Saragosa, 31, furiously pedaling a stationary exercise bicycle at Los Angeles' Nautilus Spectrum: "I can't fathom being with a woman who's not in good shape." Glancing at the tall, slender, dark-haired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Make Way for the New Spartans | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

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