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Word: etc (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Maybe I should worry about this, but I don't understand women's motivations, which means that I don't know how to address the script, the castings, etc. Women's reactions are extremely arbitrary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with DAVID PUTTNAM: A Man Who Hates Rambo | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

...easily recognize us. Each escort pair gets one beeper so that home base can give us our next assignment while we're out walking someone else. And, the particulars about each assignment go in the log book--you know, time of call, whereabouts of caller, destination, escorters' names, etc...

Author: By Liza M. Velazquez, | Title: Walking to Take Back the Night | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...there was a humor to the confrontation, too. One classified advertisement read: "Missing: Striped straw bag, left in University Hall during the bust. Contains library books, i.d.'s, etc...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Sit-In, a Raid, a Strike | 4/7/1989 | See Source »

...about his rubber duckie when he played the sax. The Muppets sounded like Louie Armstrong. The procession of celebrities was endless. First, John Candy. Then, Jane Curtin, Pee Wee Herman, the New York Mets, the New York Giants, Ladysmith Black Mombazu, Paul Simon, Danny DeVito, salsa queen Celia Cruz, etc. All telling Ernie to "put down the duckie" for a while. It was a rare treat, a scene that affirms Sesame Street's place as the most original show on television...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: That Sesame Street Generation | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

...widely accepted category of forbidden deals involves health and safety regulations: automobile standards, bans on food additives, etc. Although we quarrel about particular instances, only libertarian cranks reject in principle the idea that government sometimes should protect people from themselves. But it is no more dangerous to sell one of your kidneys than it is to give one away to a close relative -- a transaction we not only allow but admire. On health grounds alone, you can't ban the sale without banning the gift as well. Furthermore, the sale of a kidney is not necessarily a foolish decision that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Take My Kidney, Please | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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