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Word: dreaming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like I was swimming in a dream," Bird said after the swim. "Normally I like to look at my competition a lot during a race, but I got out quickly and never looked until there were 50 yards...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: This Bird Could Fly | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

...Kerner report called for a "sustained and compassionate" government action in providing social programs and assistance. Two decades later it is time to heed that message. Our next president must realize that Reaganomics and the mythical "trickle-down" are but an empty dream. Our government must renew the social purpose it has abandoned during the Reagan years...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Still Separate and Unequal | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

...frenzy intensified in January, when the airlines began to offer "triple mileage" -- three miles' credit for every mile flown. Suddenly flyers could look forward to earning that dream vacation to Hawaii in one-third the time. Forced to match one another to stay competitive, the airlines fret that the frequent-flyer programs have spun out of control. The number of passengers participating has surged from 4 million in 1983 to 8 million now. They hold nearly 30 million memberships in frequent-flyer plans, since many passengers sign with more than one airline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free-For-all In the Skies | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Though much is unclear about Swaggart's prospects, the preacher wrote in his magazine last month that God had given him an important glimpse of the future through a dream vision. In it, Jimmy and Frances attend a large meeting, where an Assemblies of God stage show is being promoted with magazines that contain obscene pictures in their centerfolds. Jimmy cries out in protest but is ignored. He bows to weep, and when he looks up again, the auditorium is empty. The floor is littered with debris, which Jimmy starts to collect. When someone asks him what he is doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Now It's Jimmy's Turn | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...dream sometimes, only dream, that you might live in a better place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Portrait Of David as a Young Goliath THE YELLOW WIND | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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