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Word: exits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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SITTING DOWN in our seats we noticed that there is only one door out of this room. With no intermission, this really was a case of No Exit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Comedy Geometry | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

...soon as he enters a room, he already seems to be planning his exit. His eyes dart impatiently, purposefully. He carries a battered briefcase, shuns neckties and favors turned-up-at-the-collar trench coats. His face is boyishly handsome, and his nose shows evidence of having stopped a few punches during a college boxing career. Not much given to small talk, he speaks in clipped, direct phrases. The word action crops up often in his conversation: "action officers," "action plan," "action" used as a synonym for operation. The word itself is an easily deciphered clue, for Lieut. Colonel Oliver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Fall for a Man of Action | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

Barclays' exit, which comes after pullouts by such American industrial giants as General Motors, IBM and Eastman Kodak, is the largest divestiture so far by a European firm. The South African Barclays affiliate employs 25,000 persons at more than 500 branches. More important, Barclays is the first major British enterprise to unload its holdings in South Africa. Britain is South Africa's largest outside investor, with assets worth an estimated $8.5 billion, or 40% of the foreign holdings in the country. If other British firms decide to follow Barclays' example, the exodus could have severe economic and political repercussions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eagle Flies Away | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...Simkowitz: the other co-captain, who, like Reierson, is determined to exit in a blaze of glory...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Shooting for the Elusive Number Nine | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

...Exit 3: Hartwick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Tourney Summary: The Route to Duke | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

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