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Word: eight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...backed Contras and Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista government began their first direct talks in more than a year yesterday in an effort to end an eight-year-old war that has taken an estimated 12,000 lives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nicaragua Resumes Talks With Contras | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

Young is a local hero, a product of Newton and Belmont Hill. He began playing hockey when he was eight, but Young grew up around the game. Two of his uncles played at Boston College, and his father always loved hockey. As Young describes it, hockey was "in the blood...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: Playing in Front of the Home Crowd | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

Although not expected to announce Harvard's new athletic director for another two months, the eight-person selection committee chaired by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 may have met with its winner yesterday...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Cleary Interviews For A.D. Post | 11/9/1989 | See Source »

...Senate vote came eight days after President Bush and congressional Democrats agreed on the plan to boost the minimum wage by 45 cents next April 1 and another 45 cents a year later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate Approves Minimum Wage Raise | 11/9/1989 | See Source »

...most taxpayers don't get anything at all from the deduction. The 66 percent of taxpayers who do not itemize their deductions get nothing. Thirty-eight percent of homeowners with mortgages do not claim the deduction. And tenants, whose incomes average half that of homeowners, are not eligible for any deduction. Nor are citizens who are so poor that they owe no taxes...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Middle Class on the Dole | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

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