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Word: excepts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harem paints a poignant picture of two boys, Pat and Madjid (Remi Martin and Kader Boukhanef), who commit aimless acts of delinquency, wandering through the streets of a French village with nothing to depend on except their friendship. Through this portrait, the film also addresses some essential questions in society, from racism to poverty to the meaning of life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Good Looking | 8/12/1986 | See Source »

They had nothing in common, really, except the sport. LeMond had grown up in affluence on the California beaches and the snowy slopes of the Sierra Nevada. At 14, he took to cycling to build up his legs for skiing. But that winter it did not snow, and so an obsession was born. In the U.S., cycling is what kids do after Santa Claus brings them a bike and before they get their driver's license. Few of them are aware that the sport's greatest heroes race in teams and can make as much as a star quarterback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Grand Tour for an American | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

...depend on Government House to put their daily bread on the table, and in which years of military dictatorship have left the lesson that if you are quiet and obedient you will survive, everyone to a certain extent condoned the military. Everyone was both a victim and an accomplice. Except the mothers...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss, | Title: Cry for Me, Argentina | 8/5/1986 | See Source »

...having lost everything except their cause, they will not let Argentina forget...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss, | Title: Cry for Me, Argentina | 8/5/1986 | See Source »

...There is no shame in discussing things with one's enemies." So said Morocco's King Hassan II three months ago. Last week he lived up to those words by meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. The talks in the Moroccan resort of Ifrane produced little except what one participant described as a promise to "remain in contact." But the fact that the meeting was held at all merits at least a mention in the tortured history of Israel's relations with the Arab world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East When Adversaries Meet | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

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