Word: fallings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...modern-day Rip Van Winkle were to fall into a deep sleep for the next ten or 20 years, he might wake up to the whoosh of trains being propelled through the air by superconducting magnets. He might observe crowds of commuters toting supercomputers the size of magazines. In average homes, he might see 7-ft. TV images as crisp as 35-mm slides and enticing new food products concocted in the lab. But if he could read the labels on those futuristic creations, he might also discover the outcome of America's struggle to remain the leading technological superpower...
...City, the network decided to stay in Rockefeller Center. Mayor Ed Koch rejected Trump's demands for a 20-year tax abatement, mocking the builder as "piggy, piggy, piggy." Trump in turn called Koch "incompetent" and "a moron," and threatens to help anyone who can unseat him in next fall's election. Citizens' groups on the West Side mounted major opposition, charging that the project would cast a deep shadow over a large area...
...HEIDI CHRONICLES. Playwright Wendy Wasserstein revisits the rise and fall of principle among baby boomers, and star Joan Allen makes the stereotypes come touchingly alive, off-Broadway...
Jenifer said he would know by the end of the week which schools had imposed the fees and how high the extra costs are. But he said he expected the schools to abandon the emergency fees by the fall. "I'm confident for the most part they are one-time emergency fees where they only temporarily will put us out of focus," Jenifer said...
...student-faculty committee was formed this fall to determine whether there is a serious problem with alcohol abuse on campus, to compare the university with other schools, and to propose solutions to the problem...